Algonquian

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Al·gon·qui·an

A0197400 (ăl-gŏng′kwē-ən, -kē-ən) also Al·gon·ki·an (-kē-ən)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.

[From Algonquin.]

Al·gon′qui·an adj.

Algonquian

(ælˈɡɒŋkɪən; -kwɪ-) or

Algonkian

npl -ans or -an1. (Languages) a family of North American Indian 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 phylum2. (Peoples) a member of any of the North American Indian peoples that speak one of these languagesadj3. (Languages) denoting, belonging to, or relating to this linguistic family or its speakers4. (Peoples) denoting, belonging to, or relating to this linguistic family or its speakers

Al•gon•qui•an

(ælˈgɒŋ ki ən, -kwi ən)

also Al•gon•ki•an

(-ki ən)

n. 1. a family of American Indian languages spoken by nearly all the peoples of NE North America except the Iroquoians, from Labrador S to North Carolina and W to Saskatchewan and the Mississippi River, and by several Plains Indian peoples, as the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Blackfoot. 2. a member of an Algonquian-speaking people.

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Noun	1.	Algonquian - 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 coastAlgonquinAmerican Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrivedAbenaki, Abnaki - a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern QuebecAlgonkian, Algonkin - a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and QuebecArapaho, Arapahoe - a member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming)Blackfoot - a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plainsCheyenne - a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)Conoy - a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river; allies of the Nanticoke peopleCree - a member of an Algonquian people living in central CanadaDelaware - a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and PennsylvaniaFox - a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox RiverIllinois - a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the westKickapoo - a member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern IllinoisMalecite - a member of the Algonquian people of northeastern Maine and New BrunswickMassachuset, Massachusetts - a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts BayMenominee, Menomini - a member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central WisconsinMiami - a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern MichiganMicmac, Mikmaq - a member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of CanadaMahican, Mohican - a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the HousatonicNanticoke - a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern DelawareChippewa, Ojibwa, Ojibway - a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake SuperiorOttawa - a member of the Algonquian people of southern OntarioPamlico - a member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North CarolinaPassamaquody - a member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in northeastern Maine and New BrunswickPenobscot - a member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern MainePotawatomi - a member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and WisconsinPowhatan - a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern VirginiaSauk, Sac - a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green BayShawnee - a member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee riverWampanoag - a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
	2.	Algonquian - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great PlainsAlgonquian language, AlgonquinAmerican-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by AmerindiansAbnaki - the Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and PenobscotAlgonkian, Algonkin - the Algonquian language spoken by the AlgonkianArapaho, Arapahoe - the Algonquian language spoken by the ArapahoBlackfoot - any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the BlackfootCheyenne - the Algonquian language spoken by the CheyenneCree - the Algonquian language spoken by the CreeDelaware - the Algonquian language spoken by the DelawareFox - the Algonquian language of the FoxIllinois - the Algonquian language of the Illinois and MiamiKickapoo - the Algonquian language of the KickapooMaleseet, Malecite - the Algonquian language of the Malecite and PassamaquodyMassachuset, Massachusetts - the Algonquian language of the MassachusetMenominee, Menomini - the Algonquian language spoken by the MenominiMicmac - the Algonquian language of the MicmacMahican, Mohican - the Algonquian language spoken by the MohicanNanticoke - the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and ConoyChippewa, Ojibwa, Ojibway - the Algonquian language spoken by the OjibwaPamlico - the Algonquian language of the PamlicoPotawatomi - the Algonquian language spoken by the PotawatomiPowhatan - the Algonquian language of the PowhatanShawnee - the Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee
Adj.	1.	Algonquian - of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or languageAlgonkian, Algonquin

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Algonquian

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Al•gon•qui•an

also Al•gon•ki•an

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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

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

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

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