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ABNAKI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Abnaki mean? 

ABNAKI (noun)
  The noun ABNAKI has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebecplay

2. the Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscotplay

  Familiarity information: ABNAKI used as a noun is rare.


ABNAKI (adjective)
  The adjective ABNAKI has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Abnakis or their languageplay

  Familiarity information: ABNAKI used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABNAKI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Abenaki; Abnaki

Hypernyms ("Abnaki" is a kind of...):

Algonquian; Algonquin (a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Abnaki" is a kind of...):

Algonquian; Algonquian language; Algonquin (family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains)


ABNAKI (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Abnakis or their language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Abnaki (a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec)


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