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Abe·na·ki | \ ˌa-bə-ˈnä-kē 
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\variants:
or less commonly Abnaki \ ab-ˈnä-kē \
\ plural Abenaki or Abenakis also Abnaki or Abnakis
Definition of Abenaki
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
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The first known use of Abenaki was in 1698
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