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Definition of Algonquin
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.
Exact synonyms: Algonquian
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
Derivative terms: Algonquian
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
Derivative terms: Algonquian
2. Adjective. Of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language.
Exact synonyms: Algonkian, Algonquian
Derivative terms: Algonkian, Algonkian, Algonquian
Partainyms: Algonquian, Algonquian, Algonquian
Derivative terms: Algonkian, Algonkian, Algonquian
Partainyms: Algonquian, Algonquian, Algonquian
3. Noun. Family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains.
Exact synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquian Language
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
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
Definition of Algonquin
1. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Algonquin
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