Abenaki
noun
a member of a grouping of Indigenous peoples of southern Quebec, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and parts of northern Massachusetts.
Abenakis
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pluralof Abenaki.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There were also Nipmuck towns between Boston and the Connecticut River Valley, and the Abenakis held most of inland Maine.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
I thought about the First Nation Abenakis, how they named the lakes and rivers, and about our ignorance.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2017
The English claimed the Abenakis as subjects of the British Crown, and at the same time treated with them as a foreign power.
From A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America by Francis Parkman
The French governor, Vaudreuil, says that about this time some of the Abenakis were killed or maltreated by Englishmen.
From A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America by Francis Parkman
His attitude, however, was uncertain; for as early as 1707 we find him approving Vaudreuil for directing the missionaries to prompt the Abenakis to war.
From A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America by Francis Parkman
