Definition of Mahican

1. Noun. A member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic.

Exact synonyms: Mohican
Generic synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquin

2. Noun. The Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican.
Exact synonyms: Mohican
Generic synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquian Language, Algonquin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mahican

Mahal
Mahalia Jackson
Mahan
Mahanadi
Maharashtra
Maharashtrian
Maharashtrians
Maharastra
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahayana
Mahayana Buddhism
Mahayanist
Mahdi
Mahernia verticillata
Mahgrib
Mahican (current term)
Mahilyow
Mahler
Mahlon
Mahmood
Mahmoud
Mahomet
Mahometan
Mahometanism
Mahometanize
Mahometanized
Mahometanizes
Mahometanizing
Mahometism
Mahometist

Literary usage of Mahican

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Native Villages and Village Sites East of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell (1919)
"Although the 'works just quoted do not mention the existence of palisades among the Mahican, it is evident their villages in earlier times were so protected ..."

2. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River: Their Origin, Manners and by Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
"The Mahican has been preserved, partially at least, as has also to some extent the Long Island,— the latter extending along the east side of the river as ..."

3. The Memorial History of the City of New-York: From Its First Settlement to by James Grant Wilson (1892)
"... in Mahican; lento, in Algonquin. Mother is cwca, in Long Island; ... in Mahican; (/altour*, in Algonquin. Stone is .S-MH, in Long Island; ..."

4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"As early as 1721 a band of Mahican found their way to Indiana, where they had a village on ... These are the only Mahican who have preserved their identity. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Mahican on Dictionary.com!Search for Mahican on Thesaurus.com!Search for Mahican on Google!Search for Mahican on Wikipedia!

Search