powwow
noun /ˈpaʊwaʊ/
/ˈpaʊwaʊ/
- a meeting of Native Americans
- (informal or humorous) a meeting for discussion
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Narragansett powah, powwaw ‘magician’ (literally ‘he dreams’). Narragansett is an extinct Algonquian language.