Definitions for abenakiˌæb əˈnæk i, ˌɑ bəˈnɑ ki

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

A•be•na•kiˌæb əˈnæk i, ˌɑ bəˈnɑ ki(n.)(pl.)-kis; -ki.

also Abnaki

  1. a member of a grouping of American Indian peoples of S Quebec and Maine, earlier also of New Hampshire, and in some usages including peoples of the Maritime Provinces.

    Category: Peoples

  2. any of the Eastern Algonquian languages of the Abenaki peoples.

    Category: Peoples

Wiktionary

  1. Abenaki(ProperNoun)

    A complex of dialects of one of the Eastern Algonquian languages, originally spoken in what is now Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Quebec.

  2. Abenaki(ProperNoun)

    The Eastern Abenaki (Penobscot) or especially the Western Abenaki language.

  3. Abenaki(ProperNoun)

    A member of an Algonquian First People from northeastern North America (the Abenakis).


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