Etymology

Kennebunk

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Today it means: A town in York County, Maine, United States. Full definition →

Abenaki kini-banek
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The story

  1. Abenaki · borrowed fromkini-banek“long cut bank”
  2. English todayKennebunk

From Penobscot or Abenaki kini-banek (“long cut bank”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.