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Aroostook

Aroostook noun: a member of a tribe of the Mi'kmaq Native American people of Aroostook County, Maine.

Noun

Aroostook (plural Aroostooks or Aroostook)

  1. A member of a tribe of the Mi'kmaq Native American people of Aroostook County, Maine.

Proper noun

Aroostook

  1. A tributary of the Saint John River in the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
  2. A village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Forms of Aroostook

pluralAroostooks
pluralAroostook

Origin of Aroostook

From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Wool-ahs-took (“good river for everything”).

Words formed from Aroostook

Questions about Aroostook

What does Aroostook mean?
Aroostook means a member of a tribe of the Mi'kmaq Native American people of Aroostook County, Maine.
What part of speech is Aroostook?
Aroostook can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Aroostook?
The plural of Aroostook is Aroostooks.

Words near Aroostook in the dictionary

  1. aroo
  2. arooga
  3. aroogah
  4. aroosha
  5. aroost
  6. Aroostook
  7. Aroostook County
  8. Aroostook War
  9. Aroostooks
  10. aropa
  11. aroph

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