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aroostook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables
aroos-t-ook
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a tribe of the Mi'kmaq Native American people of Aroostook County, Maine.

name

A tributary of the Saint John River in the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

name

A village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Etymology

From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Wool-ahs-took (“good river for everything”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Wool-ahs-took

Inflected Forms

Aroostooks (plural)

Phrases

Aroostook County Aroostook War

Questions

What does aroostook mean?
A member of a tribe of the Mi'kmaq Native American people of Aroostook County, Maine.
Where does aroostook come from?
From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Wool-ahs-took (“good river for everything”).

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