Mohegan
noun
Mo·he·gan mō-ˈhē-gən 
mə-
variants or Mohican
mō-ˈhē-kən
mə-
plural Mohegan or Mohegans or Mohican or Mohicans
: a member of an American Indian people of southeastern Connecticut
Word History
Etymology
of southern New England Algonquian origin; akin to Narragansett Monahiganeuck Mohegans
First Known Use
circa 1614, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
Mohegan
noun
Mo·he·gan mō-ˈhē-gən
variants or Mohican
-kən
plural Mohegan or Mohegans or Mohican or Mohicans
: a member of a tribe of indigenous people of southeastern Connecticut