Passamaquoddy: Meaning and Definition of

Pas•sa•ma•quod•dy

Pronunciation: (pas"u-mu-kwod'ē), [key]
— pl. -dies, -dy
  1. a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
  2. the Eastern Algonquian language of the Passamaquoddy, mutually intelligible with Malecite.
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