Associations to the word «Penobscot»

Wiktionary

PENOBSCOT, proper noun. An extinct Abenaki (Algonquian) language, spoken in parts of the northeastern United States and in Quebec, related to Western Abenaki.
PENOBSCOT, noun. One of a sovereign people indigenous to what is now Maritime Canada and the northeastern United States, particularly Maine.

Dictionary definition

PENOBSCOT, noun. A member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine.
PENOBSCOT, noun. A river in central Maine flowing into Penobscot Bay.

Wise words

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Alexander Pope