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Penobscot en · NOUN

Etymology

From Penobscot Pawanobskewi.

Meanings

  1. One of a sovereign people indigenous to what is now Maritime Canada and the northeastern United States, particularly Maine.

Forms

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Penobscot en · PROPN

Etymology

From Penobscot Pawanobskewi.

Meanings

  1. An extinct Abenaki (Algonquian) language, spoken in parts of the northeastern United States and in Quebec, related to Western Abenaki.
  2. A town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

Deriveds

penobsquisite · Penobscot County · South Penobscot

Synonyms

Eastern Abenaki · Eastern Abnaki

Translations (1)

pl penobskot (the language)