PENOBSCOT


Meaning of PENOBSCOT in English

Pronunciation: p ə - ' näb- ˌ skät, -sk ə t

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural -scot or -scots

Etymology: earlier Panawamske, from Eastern Abenaki p α náw α hpskek, a village name, literally, where the rocks widen

Date: 1624

: a member of an American Indian people of the Penobscot River valley and Penobscot Bay region of Maine

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