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Definition of Abnaki
1. Noun. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the Abnakis or their language.
3. Noun. The Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot.
Definition of Abnaki
1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Abenaki) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abnaki
Literary usage of Abnaki
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1890)
"A dictionary of the abnaki language, En- glish-abnaki and abnaki-English.
Three volumes, folio. Material collected by Father Vetromile while a missionary ..."
2. Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeum by Charles Ammi Cutter, Boston Athenaeum (1874)
"S. Dictionary of the abnaki language, with Missionary life amona the A.: letters.
... -abnaki Indians. (In Maine Hist. Soc. Coll., v. 6. 1859. ..."
3. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1848)
"His Dictionary oj the abnaki Language, and his strong Box taken. — Account of these.
— Proclamation of War by Governor Shute. ..."
4. Vermont: The Green Mountain State by Walter Hill Crockett (1921)
"The date of the establishment of the abnaki settlement on the Missisquoi may not
easily be determined, but there are indications that it was soon after the ..."
5. Sadlier's Excelsior Third Reader: Containing Elocutionary Instruction and by Angela Gillespie, Mother Angela Gillespie (1889)
""The little furniture of hig poor hut and hig abnaki ... for hig good abnaki were
faithful to him. He -eame back to them. ..."
6. Catalogue of the Library of the Boston Athenaeumby Boston Athenaeum, Charles Ammi Cutter by Boston Athenaeum, Charles Ammi Cutter (1882)
"... etc., il by [H. Croft]. 7 Academician. After i'icket insert Vol. 1. 1818-20.
Abbeys. Sít alna. Add Dryburgh ; — St. Sarin. 5 abnaki Indians. ..."
7. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"The earliest New England mission was attempted by the Frenen Jesuit Father Peter
Biard among the abnaki on Mt Desert id., Maine, in 1613, in connection with ..."
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