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Abegweit [< Algonk.: Micmac] 
n. an Indian name for Prince Edward Island.
- 1855 The country people will not use or adopt that pretty word "Epaigwit," 'the home of the wave'...
- 1962 Abegweit is the Micmac Indian name for Prince Edward Island; tradition says it was given ... by the Micmacs' mighty god Glooscap. It means "resting place."
- 1855 The country people will not use or adopt that pretty word "Epaigwit," 'the home of the wave'...