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Definition of Algonquian
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
Specialized synonyms: Abenaki, Abnaki, Algonkian, Algonkin, Arapaho, Arapahoe, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Conoy, Cree, Delaware, Fox, Illinois, Kickapoo, Malecite, Massachuset, Massachusetts, Menominee, Menomini, Miami, Micmac, Mikmaq, Mahican, Mohican, Nanticoke, Chippewa, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Ottawa, Pamlico, Passamaquody, Penobscot, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Sac, Sauk, Shawnee, Wampanoag
Specialized synonyms: Powhatan, Wahunsonacock
2. Adjective. Of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language.
3. Noun. Family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains.
Generic synonyms: American Indian, American-indian Language, Amerind, Amerindian Language, Indian
Specialized synonyms: Abnaki, Algonkian, Algonkin, Arapaho, Arapahoe, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cree, Delaware, Fox, Illinois, Kickapoo, Malecite, Maleseet, Massachuset, Massachusetts, Menominee, Menomini, Micmac, Mahican, Mohican, Nanticoke, Chippewa, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Pamlico, Potawatomi, Powhatan, Shawnee
Derivative terms: Algonquin
Definition of Algonquian
1. a. Pertaining to or designating the most extensive of the linguistic families of North American Indians, their territory formerly including practically all of Canada east of the 115th meridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the part of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet.
Definition of Algonquian
1. Adjective. Relating to a group of North American languages. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Algonquian
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