English Explanatory Dictionary

Penobscot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a sovereign people indigenous to what is now Maritime Canada and the northeastern United States, particularly Maine.
name
  1. An extinct Abenaki (Algonquian) language, spoken in parts of the northeastern United States and in Quebec, related to Western Abenaki.
  2. A town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

Word forms

Penobscot Penobscots

Etymology

From Penobscot Pawanobskewi.

Synonyms

Eastern Abenaki Eastern Abnaki

Derived words

Penobscot County penobsquisite
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