Algonkian

Al·gon·ki·an  (l-gngk-n)

n.

1. Geology Late Proterozoic.

2. Variant of Algonquian.

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[After the Algonkin Indians; see Algonquin.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Algonkian - a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec Algonkin Algonquian, Algonquin - 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
	2.	Algonkian - the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian Algonkin Algonquian language, Algonquin, Algonquian - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
Adj.	1.	Algonkian - of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language Algonquian, Algonquin