Ab·e·na·ki (ä?b?-nä?k?, ?b??-n?k??) or Ab·na·ki (äb-nä?k?, ?b-)n. pl. Abenaki or Ab·e·na·kis or Abnaki or Ab·na·kis 1. A member of any of various Native American peoples formerly inhabiting northern New England and southeast Canada, with present-day populations in Maine and southern Quebec.2. Either or both of the two Eastern Algonquian languages of the Abenaki peoples.[Probably Montagnais waban?kiwek, dawn land people, Abenaki.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.A?be?na?ki (?æb ??næk i, ?? b??n? ki) also Abnaki, n., pl. -kis, (esp. collectively) -ki. 1. a member of a grouping of American Indian peoples of S Quebec and Maine, earlier also of New Hampshire, and in some usages including peoples of the Maritime Provinces. 2. any of the Eastern Algonquian languages of the Abenaki peoples. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.