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 | |
Synonyms: | Algonquian | |
Related terms: | Indian Arapaho Cree Blackfoot Cheyenne Menomini Micmac Delaware Fox Illinois Malecite Massachuset Miami Conoy Algonkian Mohican Nanticoke Ojibwa Ottawa Pamlico Passamaquody Penobscot Potawatomi Powhatan Sauk Shawnee Wampanoag Powhatan kickapoo Abnaki | |
2. | [ adjective ] of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language | |
Synonyms: | Algonkian Algonquian | |
Related terms: | Algonquian Algonquian Algonquian | |
3. | [ noun ] (linguistics) family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains | |
Synonyms: | Algonquian_language Algonquian | |
Related terms: | Amerind Massachuset Cheyenne Delaware Blackfoot Arapaho Nanticoke Fox Illinois Malecite Menomini Micmac Mohican Cree Algonkian Ojibwa Pamlico Potawatomi Powhatan Shawnee kickapoo Abnaki | |
Similar spelling: |
Algonquian Alequin aligning Algonkin Algonkian Alyson Alison alignment aligned alcyone |