Wampanoag

See also: wampanoag

English

Etymology

From Massachusett Wôpanâak, wôpanâak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wampanoag (plural Wampanoags or Wampanoag)

  1. A member of a Native American tribe located in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
    • 2018, Tommy Orange, There There, Harvill Secker, page 4:
      In 1621, colonists invited Massasoit, the chief of the Wampanoags, to a feast after a recent land deal.
  2. A member of a current Native American nation currently consisting of five affiliated tribes.

Synonyms

Proper noun

Wampanoag

  1. The Algonquin language of the Wampanoag tribe.

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