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
Under FastHorse and Defoe’s counsel, the 2020 parade included a Wampanoag blessing and a land acknowledgment recognizing that Manhattan is part of Lenapehoking, or the land of the Lenape people.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 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
And the Lenape people would probably share with us too...
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
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