Innu

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of this people
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An Algonquian First Nations people inhabiting most of northeastern Labrador and parts of Quebec in eastern Canada.
  2. 2
    The Montagnais language.

Synonyms

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innu-aimunmontagnais

Etymology

From Montagnais Innu, from inniw (“man”), from Proto-Algonquian *erenyiwa. Not related to Inuit. This replaced the term Montagnais as the primary name of the people since 1990, but it remains in use officially to refer to its subgroups.

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