Passamaquoddy

[ pas-uh-muh-kwod-ee ]

noun

, plural Pas·sa·ma·quod·dies, (especially collectively) Pas·sa·ma·quod·dy

1. a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
2. the Eastern Algonquian language of the Passamaquoddy, mutually intelligible with Malecite.

Example Sentences

A similar commission in 1817 settled the dispute as to the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay.

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The Passamaquoddy chief is seen gliding swiftly over the deep in his fragile bark.

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Pronunciation of the names of the fabulous personages mentioned in Passamaquoddy stories.

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Modern Passamaquoddy story, introducing many incidents of ordinary life.

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She immediately told me correctly in all cases which was the Indian, although she had never before heard the Passamaquoddy songs.

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