Wampanoag

[ wahm-puh-noh-ag ]

/ ˌwɑm pəˈnoʊ æg /

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noun, plural Wam·pa·no·ags, (especially collectively) Wam·pa·no·ag.

a member of a once-powerful North American Indian people who inhabited the area east of Narragansett Bay from Rhode Island to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket at the time of the Pilgrim settlement.

the Eastern Algonquian speech of the Wampanoag people, a dialect of Massachusett.

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Origin of Wampanoag

1670–80, Americanism;<Narragansett, equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *wa·pan(w)- dawn + -o·w- person of + *-aki plural suffix, i.e., easterners

Words nearby Wampanoag

wambenger, wamble, wame, wammul, wammus, Wampanoag, wampish, wampum, wampumpeag, wampus, wamus

How to use Wampanoag in a sentence

The exhibition was conceived from the start to be co-curated by the Wampanoag and also features a specially commissioned artwork by Wampanoag artist Ramona Peters.
400 Years After the Mayflower Set Sail, a New Exhibit Acknowledges the U.K.'s Impact on Native American Communities|Suyin Haynes|September 16, 2020|Time
“That backstory is so important to knowing the impact on the Wampanoag, of both pre-colonial and colonial contact,” says Peters.
400 Years After the Mayflower Set Sail, a New Exhibit Acknowledges the U.K.'s Impact on Native American Communities|Suyin Haynes|September 16, 2020|Time
Probably in October, the Pilgrims met their Wampanoag neighbors for three days of feasting on wildfowl and venison.
The Real Story Behind Thanksgiving|Nick Bunker|November 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Alternatively, perhaps the first Thanksgiving was a Wampanoag idea, a nickommo.
The Real Story Behind Thanksgiving|Nick Bunker|November 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST

The gun of the former missed fire, whereupon the Indian leveled his musket and shot the Wampanoag leader dead.
The Greater Republic|Charles Morris
She, like the groom's mother, probably belonged to the Wampanoag tribe.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923|Various
Metacom hath often seen the long line of Wampanoag Chiefs, in his sleep?
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish|James Fenimore Cooper
Wampanoag, I have followed the trail, that your ears may listen to the talk of a Pale-face.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish|James Fenimore Cooper
He had gone but a short way when he came upon the Wampanoag chief in a hunting-lodge.
Famous Indian Chiefs|Charles H. L. Johnston