Penobscot

[ puh-nob-skot, -skuht ]

noun

, plural Pe·nob·scots, (especially collectively) Pe·nob·scot

1. a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
2. a member of a North American Indian people of the Penobscot River valley.
3. the Eastern Algonquian language of the Penobscot, a dialect of Abenaki.

Example Sentences

Camden is an affluent community about 90 miles north of Portland on Penobscot Bay.

From The Daily Beast

They reached the city of Bangor, on the wide Penobscot River about five o'clock.

From Project Gutenberg

They reached the Penobscot Exchange, and getting their key from the clerk, went directly to their room.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the only Penobscot legend that mentioned the buffalo as an object of worship.

From Project Gutenberg

The eleventh works are near the head-waters of the Kennebec or the Penobscot.

From Project Gutenberg

I shall never forget Hezekiah Stebbins, who lived away up in the upper part of Penobscot.

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