Abnaki
Americannoun
-
Abnakis,
plural
-
Abnaki
plural
noun
-
a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Maine and Quebec
-
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
It is from the Abnaki, sa'ghede'aki, "land at the mouth."
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis
In 'Agoncy' we have, I conjecture, another form of the Abnaki -kantti, and an equivalent of 'Acadie.'
From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by J. Hammond (James Hammond) Trumbull
A more ingenious but still arbitrary mode of giving intelligence is practiced at this day by the Abnaki, as reported by H.L.
Abnaki I. A letter dated December 15, 1879, from H.L.
Penobscot is a corruption of the Abnaki pa'na8a'bskek.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis
Before daylight the Abnakis of Acadia, who hated the British most of all, had slunk off unseen to prepare an ambush for the first stragglers they could find.
From The Passing of New France : a Chronicle of Montcalm by H. H. (Hugh Hornby) Langton
Material collected by Father Vetromile while missionary among the Abnakis during the years 1855 to 1873.
From Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) by James Constantine Pilling
When the French came, and for long after, this country was the hunting ground of tribes of the Algonquin race—Micmacs, Malecites, and Abnakis or Abenakis.
From The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline by Sir Arthur G. (Arthur George) Doughty
Listen to the dream of Wangewaha, the great war chief of the Abnakis.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones
Since writing the foregoing paragraph, I have read The Abnakis, by Rev. Eugene Vetromile.
From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
