Penobscot

noun

Pe·​nob·​scot pə-ˈnäb-ˌskät 

-skət

plural Penobscot or Penobscots

: a member of an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of the Penobscot River valley and Penobscot Bay region of Maine

Word History

Etymology

earlier Panawamske, from Eastern Abenaki pαnáwαhpskek, a village name, literally, where the rocks widen

First Known Use

1624, in the meaning defined above

Geographical Definition

Penobscot

geographical name

Pe·​nob·​scot pə-ˈnäb-ˌskät 

-skət

river 101 miles (162 kilometers) long in central Maine flowing south into Penobscot Bay (inlet of the Atlantic Ocean)