Algonquin

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A0197500 (ăl-gŏng′kwĭn, -kĭn) also Al·gon·kin (-kĭn)n. pl. Algonquin or Algon·quins also Algonkin or Al·gon·kins 1. a. A member of any of various Native American peoples inhabiting the Ottawa River valley of Quebec and Ontario.b. Any of the varieties of Ojibwa spoken by the Algonquin.2. a. A member of an Algonquian people.b. An Algonquian language.

[Canadian French, from Maliseet elakómkwik, they are our relatives.]

Al·gon′quin adj.

Algonquin

(ælˈɡɒŋkɪn; -kwɪn) or

Algonkin

npl -quins, -quin, -kins or -kin1. (Peoples) a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers in Canada2. (Languages) the language of this people, a dialect of Ojibwan, adj3. (Languages) a variant of Algonquian4. (Peoples) a variant of Algonquian[C17: from Canadian French, earlier written as Algoumequin; perhaps related to Micmac algoomaking at the fish-spearing place]

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(ælˈgɒŋ kɪn, -kwɪn)

n., pl. -quins, (esp. collectively) -quin. 1. a member of an American Indian people of the Ottawa River drainage and adjacent regions of Ontario. 2. the speech of the Algonquins, a dialect of Ojibwa. 3. (esp. formerly) a. Algonquian. b. any speaker of an Algonquian language of the eastern U.S. or Canada.

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Noun	1.	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 coastAlgonquianAmerican 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.	Algonquin - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great PlainsAlgonquian language, AlgonquianAmerican-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.	Algonquin - of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or languageAlgonkian, Algonquian

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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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