Algonquin

1. (noun) family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to Carolina and W to the Great Plains
Synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquian language
Related Words: Abnaki, Algonkian, Algonkin, American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Arapaho, Arapahoe, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cree, Delaware, Fox, Illinois, Indian, Mahican, Malecite, Maleseet, Massachuset, Massachusetts, Menomini, Micmac, Mohican, Nanticoke, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Pamlico, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Shawnee

2. (noun) a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of E Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
Synonyms: Algonquian
Related Words: Abnaki, Algonkian, Algonkin, American Indian, Arapaho, Arapahoe, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Conoy, Cree, Delaware, Fox, Illinois, Indian, Mahican, Malecite, Massachuset, Massachusetts, Menominee, Menomini, Miami, Micmac, Mohican, Nanticoke, North American Indian, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Ottawa, Pamlico, Passamaquody, Penobscot, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Red Indian, Sauk, Shawnee, Wampanoag

3. (adjective) of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
Synonyms: Algonkian, Algonquian



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