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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ma•hi•can (mə hē′kən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cans, (esp. collectively) -can. - a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley.
- a member of this tribe or confederacy.
Also, Mohican. - the Mahican name for themselves: literally, person (people) of the tidal estuary (cognate with Munsee Delaware ma·hí·kan; compare -a·hi·kan in kihta·hí·kan ocean, with kiht- great)
- 1605–15
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