Penobscot

Pe nob scot |pəˈnäbskət, -ˌskät pəˈnɑbskət | ▶noun ( pl. same ) 1 a member of an American Indian people of the Penobscot River valley in Maine. 2 the Algonquian language of this people, a dialect of Eastern Abnaki. ▶adjective of or relating to this people or their language. ORIGIN from an Abnaki place name panáwahpskek ‘where the rocks open out. ’

Penobscot River

Pe nob scot Riv er a river that flows for 350 miles (560 km ) through central Maine into Penobscot Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.

Penobscot

Penobscot |pɛˈnɒbskɒt | ▶noun ( pl. same ) 1 a member of an American Indian people of the Penobscot River valley in Maine. 2 [ mass noun ] the extinct Algonquian language of the Penobscot, a dialect of Eastern Abnaki. ▶adjective relating to the Penobscot or their language. ORIGIN the name in Abnaki.

Penobscot River

Pe nob scot Riv er a river that flows for 350 miles (560 km ) through central Maine into Penobscot Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.