Lenape
Americannoun
plural
Lenapes,plural
LenapeEtymology
Origin of Lenape
1720–30, < Unami Delaware ləná·p·e (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *elen- ordinary + *-a·pe·w man)
Example Sentences
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As a Quaker, Penn sought peaceful interactions with the Lenape people, said Jean Soderlund, a retired professor of history at Lehigh University.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Lehigh University’s Bethlehem campus is home to the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma’s extension Tribal Historic Preservation Office, which is part of their Lenape homelands.
From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2023
Sammy’s narration acknowledges the Lenape tribe, who once lived on the land now occupied by New York City, and suggests that one day it will all be underwater.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2023
The aqueous picture, whose smudgy core mingles brown and deep green, memorializes the Lenape natives who once settled the harbor area, and also invokes the recent birth of the painter’s child.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2022
When we were studying the history of New York, we talked about the Lenape people—they were the real Native New Yorkers, but it wasn’t called New York then.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
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