Abenaki

[ab-uh-nak-ee, ah-buh-nah-kee] Origin

A·be·na·ki

[ab-uh-nak-ee, ah-buh-nah-kee]
noun, plural A·be·na·kis, (especially collectively) A·be·na·ki for 1.
1.
a member of a grouping of American Indian peoples of southern Quebec and Maine, earlier also of New Hampshire, Vermont, and northern Massachusetts.
2.
any of the Eastern Algonquian languages of the Abenaki peoples.
Also, Abnaki.
Also called Wabanaki.
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Abenaki is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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Word Origin & History

Abenaki
Algonquian-speaking Indians of northern New England and the Maritimes, 1721, from Fr. abenaqui, from E.Abenaki wapanahki, lit. "person of the dawn land."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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