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Abenaki
[ uh-ben-uh-kee; English ab-uh-nak-ee, ah-buh-nah-kee ]
noun
, plural A·be·na·kis, (especially collectively) A·be·na·ki
- a member of a grouping of Indigenous peoples of southern Quebec, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and parts of northern Massachusetts.
- any of the Eastern Algonquian languages of the Abenaki peoples.
adjective
- of or relating to the Abenaki or their language.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Abenaki1
First recorded in 1690–1700; from French Abenaqui, Abenaki, from Eastern Abenaki ( Penobscot ) wapánahki or Western Abenaki wɔ̃banakii, literally, “people of the dawn land, easterners,” a self-designation
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Example Sentences
He was Abenaki by his mother; but he was absent when the attack took place, and the marauders seem to have shed no blood.
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He had the gift of tongues, and was as familiar with the Abenaki and several other Indian languages as he was with Latin.
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On the banks of this erratic stream lived an Abenaki tribe called the Sokokis.
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I advise you to pull down all the forts you have built on the Abenaki lands since the Peace of Utrecht.
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English activity alarmed the Abenaki and the French soon influenced them to go on the warpath.
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