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Pennacook

noun
Pen·na·cook | \ˈpenəˌku̇k\
plural Pennacook or Pennacooks

Definition of Pennacook 

1 : a confederacy of Algonquian peoples of southwestern Maine, northeastern Massachusetts, and New Hampshire

2 : a member of the Pennacook confederacy

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History and Etymology for Pennacook

of Algonquian origin; akin to Abenaki pĭnâkuk downhill

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