Abenaki
Americannoun
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a member of a grouping of Indigenous peoples of southern Quebec, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and parts of northern Massachusetts.
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any of the Eastern Algonquian languages of the Abenaki peoples.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Abenaki
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
Example Sentences
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Mr. Stevens said that the Abenaki people view themselves as “stewards of the land.”
From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2023
Michelle O’Bonsawin, an Abenaki member of the Odanak First Nation and a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, is set to fill the vacancy on the nation’s highest bench after a parliamentary hearing.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2022
Earl Hatley, a member of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, is one of the Indigenous activists frustrated with the Biden administration.
From Scientific American • Apr. 19, 2022
Allen and Benner, as they are called, have witnessed a string of inhabitants over the centuries, from the Abenaki people and English colonists to homesteading lobstermen.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022
Meanwhile, the Wampanoag were rivals and enemies of the Narragansett and Pequots to the west and the many groups of Abenaki to the north.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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