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Passamaquoddy en · NOUN

Etymology

From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Peskotomuhkat (“those who spear pollock / those who live where there are pollock”).

Meanings

  1. A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).

Forms

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Synonyms

Peskotomuhkati

Passamaquoddy en · PROPN

Etymology

From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Peskotomuhkat (“those who spear pollock / those who live where there are pollock”).

Meanings

  1. The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, still spoken in Maine and New Brunswick.

Deriveds

Maliseet–Passamaquoddy · Maliseet-Passamaquoddy

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Malecite-Passamaquoddy terms

Synonyms

Peskotomuhkati