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Wampanoag

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Wam·pa·no·ag  (wämp-ng)
n. pl. Wampanoag or Wam·pa·no·ags
1.
a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, with present-day descendants in this same area.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Algonquian language of the Wampanoag, a variety of Massachusett.
[Narragansett, those of the east.]
Wampa·noag adj.
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Noun1.Wampanoag - a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the PilgrimsWampanoag - a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
Algonquian, Algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
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