Maliseet
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Mal·i·seet
(măl′ə-sēt′) or Mal·e·cite (-sīt′)n. pl. Maliseet or Mal·i·seets or Malecite or Mal·e·cites
1. A member of a Native American people inhabiting the St. John River valley in New Brunswick and northeast Maine. The Maliseet helped form the Abenaki confederacy in the mid-1700s.
2. The Algonquian language of the Maliseet.
[From Mi'kmaq malisiit, one who speaks an incomprehensible language.]
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Maliseet
(ˈmælɪˌsiːt)n
1. (Peoples) a member of a Native Canadian people of New Brunswick and E Quebec
2. (Languages) the Algonquian language of this people
[from Micmac malisiit one speaking an incomprehensible language]
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