SINCE 1828
Abenaki
noun
Abe·na·ki
| \ ˌa-bə-ˈnä-kē
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variants:
or less commonly Abnaki \ ab-ˈnä-kē
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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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