Innu

[ ee-noo, ih-noo ]

noun

, plural In·nus, (especially collectively) In·nu

1. a member of one of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, divided into two linguistic groups, a larger southern group that French colonists called the Montagnais and a smaller northern group they called the Naskapi.
2. the Algonquian languages of the Innu, closely related to Cree.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Innu or their languages.

Innu

/ ˈɪnuː /

noun

1. a member of an Algonquian people living in Labrador and northern Quebec
2. the Algonquian language of this people

Word History and Origins

Origin of Innu¹

First recorded in 1990–95; from Innu; literally, “person”