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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'wampum' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions wampum noun (uncountable) Small beads made from polished shells, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples (informal) Money Etymology: Abbreviated from wampumpeag; falsely analysed as "wampum" + "peag"; from "wamp" ("white") + "umpe" ("string") + "ag" (plural suffix), in reference to the string of white shell-beads and not the individual beads.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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