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Abnaki

Pronunciation: /abˈnaki/
(also Abenaki /abəˈnaki/)
Definition of Abnaki

noun (plural same or Abnakis)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
  • 2 [mass noun] either or both of the two extinct Algonquian languages ( Eastern Abnaki and Western Abnaki) of the Abnaki.

adjective

  • relating to the Abnaki or their language.

Origin:

from French Abénaqui, from Montagnais ouabanăkionek 'people of the eastern land'

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