"Lenape" meaning in All languages combined

See Lenape on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ləˈnɑːpi/ [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from Unami Lënape / lënape. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|unm|Lënape}} Unami Lënape Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lenape
  1. The languages (Munsee, Unami) spoken by all of this group; Delaware
    Sense id: en-Lenape-en-name-XePscJnd Categories (other): Languages Disambiguation of Languages: 60 23 17
  2. The language spoken in the southern range of this group in coastal Delaware, southern New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania; Unami. Synonyms (language group): Delaware
    Sense id: en-Lenape-en-name-4atHqtB5 Disambiguation of 'language group': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Unami [Southern] [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Derived forms: Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape

Noun [English]

IPA: /ləˈnɑːpi/ [US] Forms: Lenapes [plural], Lenape [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Unami Lënape / lënape. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|unm|Lënape}} Unami Lënape Head templates: {{en-noun|s|*}} Lenape (plural Lenapes or Lenape)
  1. A member of a group of aboriginal Americans who were living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the coast of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York Harbor in New York, at the time of the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Synonyms (people): Leni-Lanape, Lenni-Lanape, Leni-Lenape, Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
    Sense id: en-Lenape-en-noun-Bhtd7hze Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Native American tribes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 32 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 14 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 14 78 Disambiguation of Native American tribes: 10 26 64

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