Algonkin
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Al·gon·quin
(ăl-gŏng′kwĭn, -kĭn) also Al·gon·kin (-kĭn)n. pl. Algonquin or Algon·quins also Algonkin or Al·gon·kins
1.
a. A member of any of various Native American peoples inhabiting the Ottawa River valley of Quebec and Ontario.
b. Any of the varieties of Ojibwa spoken by the Algonquin.
2.
a. A member of an Algonquian people.
b. An Algonquian language.
[Canadian French, from Maliseet elakómkwik, they are our relatives.]
Al·gon′quin adj.
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Noun | 1. | Algonkin - a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec 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. | Algonkin - the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian Algonquian language, Algonquin, Algonquian - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains |
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