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Innu

Innu proper noun: an Algonquian First Nations people inhabiting most of northeastern Labrador and parts of Quebec in eastern Canada.

Proper noun

Innu

  1. An Algonquian First Nations people inhabiting most of northeastern Labrador and parts of Quebec in eastern Canada.
    Synonyms:
    Montagnais
  2. The Montagnais language.
    Synonyms:
    Innu-aimun

Noun

Innu (plural Innus or Innu)

  1. A member of this people

Synonyms of Innu

Forms of Innu

pluralInnus
pluralInnu

Origin of Innu

From Montagnais Innu, from inniw (“man”), from Proto-Algonquian *erenyiwa. Not related to Inuit. This replaced the term Montagnais as the primary name of the people since 1990, but it remains in use officially to refer to its subgroups.

Questions about Innu

What does Innu mean?
Innu means an Algonquian First Nations people inhabiting most of northeastern Labrador and parts of Quebec in eastern Canada.
What part of speech is Innu?
Innu can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Innu in the dictionary

  1. inns
  2. Inns of Court
  3. Innsbruck
  4. Innsbrucker
  5. Innsbruckers
  6. Innu
  7. Innu-aimun
  8. innubilous
  9. innuendis
  10. innuendo
  11. innuendoed

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