Penobscot

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Pe·nob·scot / pəˈnäbskət; -ˌskät/ • n. (pl. same) 1. a member of an American Indian people of the Penobscot River valley in Maine.2. the Algonquian language of this people, a dialect of Eastern Abnaki.• adj. of or relating to this people or their language.

Penobscot

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Penobscot

The Penobscot are an American Indian group who aboriginally and today number about one thousand and live in northern Maine.

See Abenaki

Penobscot

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PENOBSCOT

PENOBSCOT. SeePassamaquoddy/Penobscot .