Passamaquoddy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).

name

The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, still spoken in Maine and New Brunswick.

Passamaquoddy Passamaquoddies

From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Peskotomuhkat (“those who spear pollock / those who live where there are pollock”).

Peskotomuhkati

Wiktionary’s coverage of Malecite-Passamaquoddy terms

Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Maliseet–Passamaquoddy

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