Wabanaki

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Wabanaki

1. (anthropology) 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

Related terms

• Wabanakia
• Wabanaki Confederacy