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Innu
[ ee-noo, ih-noo ]
noun
, plural In·nus, (especially collectively) In·nu
- a member of one of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, divided into two linguistic groups, a larger southern group that French colonists called the Montagnais and a smaller northern group they called the Naskapi.
- the Algonquian languages of the Innu, closely related to Cree.
adjective
- of or relating to the Innu or their languages.
Innu
/ ˈɪnuː /
noun
- a member of an Algonquian people living in Labrador and northern Quebec
- the Algonquian language of this people
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Innu1
First recorded in 1990–95; from Innu; literally, “person”
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