Definitions for Wampum
ˈwɒm pəm, ˈwɔm-wampum

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampumnoun

   informal terms for money

2. wampum, peag, wampumpeagnoun

   small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. wampumnoun

   Small beads made from polished shells, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.

2. wampumnoun

   Money.

3. Etymology: Abbreviated from wampumpeag; falsely analysed as ‘wampum’ + ‘peag’; from ‘wamp’ ("white") + ‘umpe’ ("string") + ‘ag’ (plural suffix), in reference to the string of white shell-beads and not the individual beads.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wampum

   Wampum is a traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of Native Americans. It includes white shell beads hand-fashioned from the North Atlantic channeled whelk shell and white and purple beads made from the quahog or Western North Atlantic hard-shelled clam. In New York, wampum beads have been discovered dating before 1510. Before European contact, strings of wampum were used for storytelling, ceremonial gifts, and recording important treaties and historical events, such as the Two Row Wampum Treaty and the Hiawatha Belt. Wampum was also used by the northeastern Indigenous tribes as a means of exchange, strung together in lengths for convenience. The first colonists understood it as a currency and adopted it as such in trading with them. Eventually, the colonists applied their technologies to more efficiently produce wampum, which caused inflation and ultimately its obsolescence as currency.

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1. wampum

   Wampum refers to a traditional form of currency used by Indigenous peoples in North America. It is typically made of small cylindrical or tubular beads, traditionally carved from shells or occasionally other materials, and strung together into belts or strings. Wampum was historically used for various purposes, including trade, gifts, ceremonies, and as a medium of communication and record-keeping.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wampumnoun

   beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament

2. Etymology: [North American Indian wampum, wompam, from the Mass. wmpi, Del. wpe, white.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wampum

   Wampum are traditional sacred shell beads of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of the indigenous people of North America. Wampum include the white shell beads fashioned from the North Atlantic channeled whelk shell; and the white and purple beads made from the quahog, or Western North Atlantic hard-shelled clam. Woven belts of wampum have been created to commemorate treaties or historical events, and for exchange in personal social transactions, such as marriages. In colonial North America, European colonists often used wampum as currency for trading with Native Americans.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wampum

   wom′pum, n. the North American Indian name for shells or beads used as money.—Wampum peag (wom′pum pēg), lit. 'white strung beads,' strings of wampum.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wampumnoun

   Another word for moolah or Franc

   
   

   Submitted by Constance099 on January 9, 2022  

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Wampum in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Wampum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Wampum
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wampum
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampum
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wampum
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Wampum
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Wampum