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Penobscot

Syllabification: (Pe·nob·scot)
Pronunciation: /pəˈnäbskət, -ˌskät/

Definition of Penobscot

noun (plural same)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of the Penobscot River valley in Maine.
  • 2the Algonquian language of the Penobscot, a dialect of Eastern Abnaki.

adjective

  • relating to the Penobscot or their language.

Origin:

from an Abnaki place name panáwahpskek 'where the rocks open out'

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