Penobscot

English

Etymology

From Penobscot Pawanobskewi.

Proper noun

Penobscot

A Native American nation or tribe.
An extinct Abenaki (Algonquian) language, spoken in parts of the northeastern United States and in Quebec, related to Western Abenaki.
A town in Hancock County, Maine, USA.

Synonyms

Eastern Abenaki, Eastern Abnaki

Derived terms

Penobscot County

Translations

the language

Noun

Penobscot (plural Penobscots)

One of a sovereign people indigenous to what is now Maritime Canada and the northeastern United States, particularly Maine.

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Penobscot, aaq

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