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Pennacook

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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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“Pennacook.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pennacook. Accessed 27 January 2020.

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