Passamaquoddy Definition

păsə-mə-kwŏdē
passamaquoddies
noun
A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting parts of coastal Maine and New Brunswick along the Bay of Fundy, with present-day populations in eastern Maine. The Passamaquoddy helped form the Abenaki confederacy in the mid-1700s.
American Heritage
The Algonquian language of the Passamaquoddy, dialectally related to Malecite.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Passamaquoddy

Noun

Singular:
Passamaquoddy
Plural:
passamaquoddies

Origin of Passamaquoddy

  • Of Micmac origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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