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algonquin
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Algonquin
n.
member of the Algonquin Indian tribe
n.
one of the Algonquian family of language which is spoken in North America
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Algonquin
Algonquin or Algonquian—and the variation Algonki(a)n—may refer to:
Native Americans
- Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia
- Algonquian peoples, Native American tribes that speak the Algonquian languages
- Algonquin language, the language of the Algonquin people in Canada, for which the Algonquian languages group is named
- Algonquin people, a subgroup of Algonquian people who speak the Algonquin language and live in Quebec and Ontario Canada
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Algonquin
Noun
1. 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
(synonym) Algonquian
(hypernym) Indian, North American Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
(hyponym) Abnaki
2. family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
(synonym) Algonquian, Algonquian language
(hypernym) Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
(hyponym) Abnaki
Adjective
1. of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
(synonym) Algonquian, Algonkian
(pertainym) Algonquian, Algonquin
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algonquin
nm.
Algonquian, member of the Algonquin Indian tribe; Algonquin, family of languages spoken by North American Indians
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Algonquin
(n.)
Alt. of Algonkin
Alt. of Algonkin
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