Wampanoag

noun

Wam·​pa·​no·​ag ˈwäm-pə-ˌnäg  ˌwäm-pə-ˈnō-(ˌ)ag 

ˌwȯm-

plural Wampanoag or Wampanoags

: a member of an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of southeastern Massachusetts and adjacent parts of Rhode Island

Examples of Wampanoag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

First settled by the Wampanoag people and later transformed into a bustling whaling hub, Nantucket is also home to a proud Portuguese community, including many descendants of Azorean immigrants who first arrived as whalers. —New York Times, 31 July 2025

The former leader of Massachusetts’ Mashpee Wampanoag Nation got in trouble yet again for fraud. —Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 26 July 2025

As a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag, Lee takes readers beyond the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries. —Tonya Mosley, NPR, 21 July 2025

Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee gives voice to that past in his new book, Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity. —Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

Narragansett, literally, easterners

First Known Use

1676, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Wampanoag

• bogue
• brogue
• drogue
• vogue
• prorogue