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passamaquoddy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
pas-samaquod-dy
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).

name

The Algonquian language of these people, a dialect of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, still spoken in Maine and New Brunswick.

Etymology

From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Peskotomuhkat (“those who spear pollock / those who live where there are pollock”).

Inflected Forms

Passamaquoddies (plural)

Derived Forms

Maliseet–Passamaquoddy

Phrases

Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Wiktionary’s coverage of Malecite-Passamaquoddy terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Malecite-Passamaquoddy terms

Synonyms

Peskotomuhkati passamaquody

Questions

What does passamaquoddy mean?
A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada).
Where does passamaquoddy come from?
From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Peskotomuhkat (“those who spear pollock / those who live where there are pollock”).

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