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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wig•wam /ˈwɪgwɑm, -wɔm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anthropologya North American Indian dwelling, often like a rounded tent in shape, made with poles and bark, mats, or skins.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wig•wam (wig′wom, -wôm),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropologyan American Indian dwelling, usually of rounded or oval shape, formed of poles overlaid with bark, mats, or skins. Cf. lodge (def. 9), tepee.
- the Wigwam. See Tammany Hall (def. 2).
- Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi; compare wickiup
- Eastern Abenaki wìkəwαm house
- 1620–30, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wigwam /ˈwɪɡˌwæm/ n - any dwelling of the North American Indians, esp one made of bark, rushes, or skins spread over or enclosed by a set of arched poles lashed together
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Etymology: from Abnaki and Massachuset wīkwām, literally: their abode te•pee /ˈtipi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -pees. - Anthropologya tent made from animal skins placed on a conical frame of long poles.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024te•pee (tē′pē),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropologya tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
Also, teepee, tipi. Cf. lodge (def. 9), wigwam. - Dakota thípi, equivalent. to thí- to dwell + -pi plural indefinite abstract noun, nominal suffix
- 1735–45, American.
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