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Unami

American  
[oo-nah-mee, yoo-nam-ee] / uˈnɑ mi, yuˈnæm i /

noun

plural

Unamis,

plural

Unami
  1. a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.

  2. the Eastern Algonquian language of the Unami, originally spoken in the middle and lower Delaware Valley.


Example Sentences

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"Unami creates a Miraculin effect, where flavors usually perceived in one way may be experienced differently, sometimes even opposingly to their original state," Gibson said.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2021

"Unami provides depth and creates harmony by — as the Japanese translation suggests — contributing 'deliciousness," he said.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2021

Included is a welcome sign and land acknowledgment in the Lenape dialects of Unami and Munsee as well as English.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2020

The bride’s father is an owner of Labelworx, a printing company in Levittown, Pa. Her mother is the principal of Unami Middle School in Chalfont, Pa.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2017

The brother of Unami stood passively looking on until all the others had successively honoured his guest, when he advanced toward Baptiste, leading by its bridle a magnificent horse, fully caparisoned, and a large pack-mule.

From The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway by Buffalo Bill