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Wabanaki

Wabanaki proper noun: a confederation of Native American nations/First Nations and their traditional territories that stretches from Newfoundland in the north, to mid-Maine in the south, and parts of Quebec in the west.

Proper noun

Wabanaki

  1. A confederation of Native American nations/First Nations and their traditional territories that stretches from Newfoundland in the north, to mid-Maine in the south, and parts of Quebec in the west.
  2. A region of North America, translated in English as "Dawnland," that covers the Maritime provinces, New England, and Newfoundland

Origin of Wabanaki

From the inflected Algonquin root words wab "light, east" and aki "land", meaning people of the first light or land of the dawn.

Questions about Wabanaki

What does Wabanaki mean?
Wabanaki means a confederation of Native American nations/First Nations and their traditional territories that stretches from Newfoundland in the north, to mid-Maine in the south, and parts of Quebec in the west.
What part of speech is Wabanaki?
Wabanaki is a proper noun.

Words near Wabanaki in the dictionary

  1. waazes
  2. wabain
  3. Wabamun
  4. Waban
  5. Wabana
  6. Wabanaki
  7. Wabanaki Confederacy
  8. Wabash
  9. Wabash County
  10. Wabasha
  11. Wabasha County

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