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wampanoag

Wam·pa·no·ag
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wahm-puh-noh-ag]
    • /ˌwɑm pəˈnoʊ æg/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wahm-puh-noh-ag]
    • /ˌwɑm pəˈnoʊ æg/

Definitions of wampanoag word

  • noun plural wampanoag a member of a once-powerful North American Indian people who inhabited the area east of Narragansett Bay from Rhode Island to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket at the time of the Pilgrim settlement. 1
  • noun plural wampanoag the Eastern Algonquian speech of the Wampanoag people, a dialect of Massachusett. 1
  • noun wampanoag a member of a loosely confederated group of Algonquian peoples in SE Massachusetts or their present-day descendants 0
  • noun wampanoag the extinct language of these peoples, comprising several dialects of Massachusett 0
  • noun wampanoag A member of this tribe or nation. 0

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Origin of wampanoag

First appearance:

before 1670
One of the 47% oldest English words
1670-80, Americanism; < Narragansett, equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *wa·pan(w)- dawn + -o·w- person of + *-aki plural suffix, i.e., easterners

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Parts of speech for Wampanoag

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

wampanoag popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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