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U⋅na⋅mi

[oo-nah-mee, yoo-nam-ee]
–noun, plural -mis, (especially collectively) -mi for 1.
1. a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
2. the Eastern Algonquian language of the Unami, originally spoken in the middle and lower Delaware Valley.
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U·na·mi   (ōō-nä'mē, yōō-nām'ē)   
n.   pl. Unami or U·na·mis
  1. One of the two Algonquian languages of the Delaware peoples, originally spoken in central and southern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and northern Delaware.

  2. A member of the Unami-speaking branch of the Delaware people.

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