Main Entry:

Abe·na·ki

Pronunciation:

\ˌa-bə-ˈnä-kē\

Variant(s):

also Ab·na·ki \ab-ˈnä-kē\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Abenaki or Abenakis also Abnaki or Abnakis

Etymology:

Eastern Abenaki wαpánahki, Western Abenaki wǫbanakii, 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