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PASSAMAQUODDY [2 records]

Record 1 2022-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
  • Indigenous Peoples (General)
OBS

... Algonquian-speaking North American [Indigenous people] who lived on Passamaquoddy Bay, the St. Croix River, and Schoodic Lake on the boundary between what are now Maine, United States and New Brunswick, Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
  • Peuples Autochtones (Généralités)
OBS

Les Pescomody habitent surtout dans le nord du Maine. Certains membres des Pescomody vivent au Nouveau-Brunswick [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
  • Pueblos indígenas (Generalidades)
OBS

Los passamakoddy son una tribu india algonquina, cuyo nombre proviene de Peskedemakddi "lleno de peces". También eran llamados etchemin, y están unidos a los penobscot. [...] Actualmente ocupan dos reservas en Pleasant Point (Indian Township) [...] y Peter Dana Point (Maine).

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Record 2 2019-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
DEF

A dialect of Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, an Indigenous language of the Algonquian linguistic family.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
  • Arts et culture autochtones
DEF

Dialecte du malécite-passamaquoddy, une langue autochtone de la famille linguistique algonquienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicolingüística, sociolingüística y etnolingüística
  • Artes y cultura indígenas
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