Abenaki
noun
Abe·na·ki ˌa-bə-ˈnä-kē 
variants or less commonly Abnaki
ab-ˈnä-kē
1
plural Abenaki or Abenakis also Abnaki or Abnakis : a member of a group of Algonquian-speaking (see Algonquian sense 2a) Indigenous peoples of northern New England and adjoining parts of Quebec
2
: either of the two Algonquian languages spoken by the Abenaki peoples
Word History
Etymology
Eastern Abenaki wαpánahki, Western Abenaki wǫbanakii, literally, dawn land people, easterners
First Known Use
1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1