Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lenape

/ləˈnɑːpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: lenape
IPA: /ləˈnɑːpi/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a group of aboriginal Americans who were living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the coast of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York Harbor in New York, at the time of the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

name

The languages (Munsee, Unami) spoken by all of this group; Delaware

name

The language spoken in the southern range of this group in coastal Delaware, southern New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania; Unami.

Example Sentences

"Endless generations of Lenape stretching down the lines of the past—changed, though not destroyed, by colonialism."

Etymology

Borrowed from Unami Lënape / lënape.

Word Breakdown

Root: Lënape

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ləˈnɑːpi/

Inflected Forms

Lenapes (plural)

Phrases

Leni Lenape Lenni Lenape

Synonyms

Leni-Lanape Lenni-Lanape Leni-Lenape Lenni-Lenape Delaware Unami

Questions

How do you pronounce lenape?: The recorded pronunciation is /ləˈnɑːpi/.
What does lenape mean?: A member of a group of aboriginal Americans who were living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the coast of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York Harbor in New York, at the time of the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Where does lenape come from?: Borrowed from Unami Lënape / lënape.

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