Jump to content

Penobscot

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

From Penobscot Pawanobskewi.

Proper noun

[edit]

Penobscot

  1. A Native American nation or tribe.
  2. An extinct Abenaki (Algonquian) language, spoken in parts of the northeastern United States and in Quebec, related to Western Abenaki.
  3. A town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

Penobscot (plural Penobscots)

  1. One of a sovereign people indigenous to what is now Maritime Canada and the northeastern United States, particularly Maine.

Further reading

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Penobscot&oldid=81979986"