| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Wampanoag |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Wam·pa·no·ag |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  wäm p -n   g |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. Wampanoag or Wam·pa·no·ags
1a. 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Narragansett, those of the east. | | OTHER FORMS: | Wampa·noag —ADJECTIVE
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