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An Algonquian First Nations people inhabiting most of northeastern Labrador and parts of Quebec in eastern Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Montagnais
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The Montagnais language.
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Synonyms: Innu-aimun
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noun
A member of this people
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History
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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