Meaning of ALGONQUIN
| Pronunciation: | | al'gângkin
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- [n] family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
- [n] a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
- [adj] of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
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| | Synonyms: | | Algonkian, Algonquian, Algonquian, Algonquian, Algonquian language |
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| | See Also: | | Abnaki, Abnaki, Algonkian, Algonkian, Algonkin, Algonkin, American Indian, American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Arapaho, Arapaho, Arapahoe, Arapahoe, Blackfoot, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Chippewa, Conoy, Cree, Cree, Delaware, Delaware, Fox, Fox, Illinois, Illinois, Indian, Indian, Kickapoo, Kickapoo, Mahican, Mahican, Malecite, Malecite, Maleseet, Massachuset, Massachuset, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Menominee, Menomini, Menomini, Miami, Micmac, Micmac, Mohican, Mohican, Nanticoke, Nanticoke, North American Indian, Ojibwa, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Ojibway, Ottawa, Pamlico, Pamlico, Passamaquody, Penobscot, Potawatomi, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Powhatan, Red Indian, Sauk, Shawnee, Shawnee, Wahunsonacock, Wampanoag | |
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| | Definition: | | \Al*gon"quin\, Algonkin \Al*gon"kin\, n.
One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many
distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern
and eastern part of North America. The name was originally
applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St.
Lawrence.
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