Ab·e·na·ki 
(ä′bə-näkē, ăb′ə-năkē) or Ab·na·ki (äb-näkē, ăb-)
(ä′bə-näkē, ăb′ə-năkē) or Ab·na·ki (äb-näkē, ăb-)n. pl. Abenaki or Ab·e·na·kis or Abnaki or Ab·na·kis
1. A member of any of various Native American peoples formerly inhabiting northern New England and southeast Canada, with present-day populations in Maine and southern Quebec.
2. Either or both of the two Eastern Algonquian languages of the Abenaki peoples.
[Probably Montagnais wabanăkiwek, dawn land people, Abenaki.]