algonquian

Definition of Algonquian in English :

Noun

1. 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

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2. algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin

family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains

Adjective

3. algonkian, algonquian, algonquin

of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Algonquian

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noun

1.

a family of North American languages whose speakers ranged over an area stretching from the Atlantic between Newfoundland and Delaware to the Rocky Mountains, including Micmac, Mahican, Ojibwa, Fox, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, and Shawnee. Some linguists relate it to Muskogean in a Macro-Algonquian phylum

2. plural -ans or -an

a member of any of the indigenous North American peoples that speak one of these languages

adjective

3.

denoting, belonging to, or relating to this linguistic family or its speakers

Algonquian

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adjective

1.

designating or of a widespread family of over twenty languages spoken by North American Indian peoples, including the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Ojibwa, Fox, Shawnee, Abenaki, and Delaware

noun

2.

this family of languages

3.

a member of a people speaking any of these languages

Algonquian

see synonyms of algonquian

n. pl. Algonquian or Al·gon·qui·ans also Algonkian or Al·gon·ki·ans

1. A family of North American Indian languages spoken or formerly spoken in an area from Labrador to the Carolinas between the Atlantic coast and the Rocky Mountains.

2. A member of a people traditionally speaking an Algonquian language.

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