Abnaki
pronunciation
How to pronounce Abnaki in British English:
UK [əbˈnɑ:ki]
How to pronounce Abnaki in American English:
US [ɑbˈnɑki, æb-]
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- Noun:
- a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec
- the Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot peoples
Word Origin
- Abnaki
- also Abenaki, Algonquian people and language of northern New England and eastern Canada, 1721, from French abenaqui, from the people's name, East Abenaki wapanahki, literally "person of the dawn-land," hence "easterners."