Abenaki

One entry found for Abenaki.

Main Entry: Abe·na·ki
Pronunciation: "a-b&-'nä-kE
Variant(s): also Ab·na·ki /ab-'nä-kE/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural Abenaki or Abenakis also Abnaki or Abnakis
Etymology: Eastern Abenaki wαpánahki, Western Abenaki wobanakii, literally, dawn land people, easterners
1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of northern New England and adjoining parts of Quebec
2 : either of the two Algonquian languages spoken by the Abenaki peoples