Etymology

Passamaquoddy

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Today it means: A member of an Algonquian people who reside in Maine (US) and New Brunswick (Canada). Full definition →

Malecite-Passamaquoddy Peskotomuhkat
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The story

  1. Malecite-Passamaquoddy · derived fromPeskotomuhkat“those who spear pollock / those who live where there are pollock”
  2. English todayPassamaquoddy

From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Peskotomuhkat (“those who spear pollock / those who live where there are pollock”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.