Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Indian tribe of southeast Maine, from Micmac, literally "place where pollack are plentiful," or else, if it originally is a tribal name, "those of the place of many pollack."
Wikipedia
The Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati or Pestomuhkati in the Passamaquoddy language) are a (American Indian)/ First Nations people who live in northeastern North America, primarily in Maine, United States of America, and New Brunswick, Canada. They live along the waters of Passamaquoddy Bay and the rivers that flow to it.
The Passamaquoddy are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern North America. Passamaquoddy may also refer to:
- Passamaquoddy Bay, a bay in Maine and New Brunswick
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy language, the language of the Passamaquoddy
- "Passamaquoddy", a song from the 1977 film Pete's Dragon, and a fictional town from the film
Usage examples of "passamaquoddy".
The rattle, carried in the hand by the Moqui snake dancer, is a gourd, but the Passamaquoddies seem to find the horn better adapted for their purpose.
Impossible even to imagine that Mohawk and Mahican had once wandered here - yes, and Wampanoag, Narraganset, Pequot, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Abnaki, Malecite, Micmac.