Unami
Americannoun
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a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
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the Eastern Algonquian language of the Unami, originally spoken in the middle and lower Delaware Valley.
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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
They were of three clans: Unamis, which is the Turtle; Unaluchtgo, which is the Turkey; and Minsi, the Wolf.
From The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
Up sprung the Unamis, and sallied cautiously out to find the cause of alarm.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 by Jones, James Athearn
Slowly they dropped again into the copse, and the band moved onward to gain that fatal station which should give into their power the unsuspecting Unamis.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 by Jones, James Athearn
There were, once upon a time, in the tribe of the Unamis or Turtles, the most potent and warlike tribe of the Delawares, two valiant warriors, who feared nothing greatly but shame and disgrace.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 by Jones, James Athearn
I hear a rustling of the dry grass and low bushes, at the distance of three bowshots from the camp of the sleeping Unamis.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 by Jones, James Athearn
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