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
- (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.
- A region of North America, translated in English as "Dawnland," that covers the Maritime provinces, New England, and Newfoundland
Related terms
- Wabanakia
- Wabanaki Confederacy
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