Penobscot

English

Etymology

From Penobscot Pawanobskewi.

Proper noun

Penobscot

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

Synonyms

• Eastern Abenaki, Eastern Abnaki

Derived terms

• Penobscot County

Translations

the language

Noun

Penobscot (plural Penobscots)

1. 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 ⁠