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wigwam

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wig·wam  (wgwm)
n.
A Native American dwelling commonly having an arched or conical framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats.
[Eastern Abenaki wìkwm.]
Word History: English has adopted two words for Native American dwellings from languages in the Algonquian family. Both wigwam and wickiup come from the Algonquian root wik- (with a variant wig-), "to dwell," to which suffixes are added. Wigwam comes from Abenaki wigwam (spelled various ways) and means "their dwelling"; wickiup comes from Fox dialect wikiyap or wikiyapi, "a dwelling, wigwam."
wigwam
Noun
a N Native American's tent, made of animal skins [Native American wīkwām]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wigwamwigwam - a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides
indian lodge, lodge - any of various Native American dwellings
Translations
Spanish wigwam [ˈwɪgwæm] n → tipi m; tienda india
German wigwam [ˈwɪgwæm] n → Wigwam m
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When it was beginning to come on dark we poked our heads out of the cottonwood thicket, and looked up and down and across; nothing in sight; so Jim took up some of the top planks of the raft and built a snug wigwam to get under in blazing weather and rainy, and to keep the things dry.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
So he left them, and took his wife and three children, and they journeyed on until they found a spot near to a clear stream, where they began to cut down trees, and to make ready their wigwam.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
In the Indian gazettes a wigwam was the symbol of a day's march, and a row of them cut or painted on the bark of a tree signified that so many times they had camped.
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