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Lenni-Lenape

Lenni-Lenape \Len`ni-Len*a"pe\ (l[e^]n`n[i^]-l[e^]n*[aum]"p[asl]), n. pl. (Ethnol.) A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes.

Usage examples of "lenni-lenape".

A band of Cayugas arrived that night, and with them they brought a half starved and sick, Lenni-Lenape, whom they had picked up near the camp.

In these pages, Lenni-Lenape, Lenope, Delawares, Wapanachki, and Mohicans, all mean the same people, or tribes of the same stock.