 "Wôbanakiak" is derived from "wôban" ("dawn" or "east") and "aki" ("land") (compare Proto-Algonquian "*wa·pan" and "*axkyi") — the aboriginal name of the area broadly corresponding to New England and the Maritimes.It is sometimes used to refer to all the Algonquian-speaking peoples of the area—Western Abenaki, Eastern Abenaki, Wolastoqiyik-Passamaquoddy, and Mi'kmaq—as a single group.The Abenaki people also call themselves "Alnôbak", meaning "Real People" (c.f., Lenape language