ABENAKI


Meaning of ABENAKI in English

n.

Pronunciation: ˌ a-b ə - ' nä-k ē

Variant: also Ab · na · ki \ ab- ' nä-k ē \

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural Abenaki or Abenakis also Abnaki or Abnakis

Etymology: Eastern Abenaki w α pánahki, Western Abenaki w ỏ banakii, literally, dawn land people, easterners

Date: 1721

1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of northern New England and adjoining parts of Quebec

2 : either of the two Algonquian languages spoken by the Abenaki peoples

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.