Algonquian

//ælˈɡɑːŋk(w)i.ən// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Algonquin.
  2. 2
    family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains wordnet
  3. 3
    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 wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to a group of North American languages. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
algonkianalgonquian languagealgonquinalgonquinalgonquinlanguage

Example

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"Although Mary is a scholar of aboriginal linguistics, even she was surprised to learn that "caucus" derives from an Algonquian word meaning "tribal elders.""

Etymology

From Algonqui(n) + -an.

Related phrases

Proto-Algonquiannorth america

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