English Explanatory Dictionary

Maliseet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an Algonquian-speaking Native American people of the Wabanaki Confederacy, indigenous to the Saint John River valley and its tributaries, crossing the borders of New Brunswick and Quebec in Canada, and Maine in the United States.
name
  1. The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæləˌsiːt/

Word forms

Maliseet Maliseets Malecite

Etymology

From Mi'kmaq Malesse'jik (“broken talkers”) — the Mi'kmaq perceived the Maliseet as speaking a broken version of Mi'kmaq.

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