Abenaki
/ˌæbəˈnæ.ki/noun, adjective
Abenaki is spelled A-B-E-N-A-K-I: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Abenaki means “A member of an Algonquian First People from northeastern North America, mainly Maine and Quebec” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Abenaki is Abenakis.
How many letters and syllables are in Abenaki?
| Letters | 7: A-B-E-N-A-K-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Abenaki?
Abenaki appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Abenaki?
- US /ˌæbəˈnæ.ki/
- US /ˌɑbəˈnɑki/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Abenaki.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Abenaki?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Abenaki from its last stressed vowel (/æki/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Abenaki
- Abenakis plural
- Abnaki
- Wabnaki
- Waponahki
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Abenaki mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of an Algonquian First People from northeastern North America, mainly Maine and Quebec.
adjective
- 1
Related or pertaining to the Abenaki people or language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abenaki in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Abenaki come from?
From French abénaquis, either from Montagnais ouabanākionek (“people of the eastern country”) or from the Western Abenaki autonym Wôbanaki (whence also the English calque Dawnland) or an Eastern Abenaki/Penobscot cognate of the same, from Algonquin. Ultimately a compound word meaning "people of the east" or "people of the dawn-land", from Proto-Algonquian *wa·panki (“dawn”) + *askyi (“land”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).