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Wampanoags

Wampanoags is the plural of Wampanoag.

Meaning of Wampanoag

Noun

Wampanoag (plural Wampanoags or Wampanoag)

  1. A member of a Native American tribe located in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
    • In 1621, colonists invited Massasoit, the chief of the Wampanoags, to a feast after a recent land deal.2018, Tommy Orange, There There, Harvill Secker, page 4
  2. A member of a current Native American nation currently consisting of five affiliated tribes.

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Questions about Wampanoags

What is Wampanoags the plural of?
Wampanoags is the plural of Wampanoag.

Words near Wampanoags in the dictionary

  1. wammuses
  2. wamp
  3. wampahoofus
  4. Wampano
  5. Wampanoag
  6. Wampanoags
  7. wampee
  8. wampees
  9. wampi
  10. wampis
  11. wampish

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