Passamaquoddy

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Etymology

From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Peskotomuhkat (“those who spear pollock / those who live where there are pollock”).

Noun

Passamaquoddy (plural Passamaquoddies or Passamaquoddy)

  1. A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).

Proper noun

Passamaquoddy

  1. The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, still spoken in Maine and New Brunswick.

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