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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Al•gon•ki•an (al gong′kē ən),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -ans, (esp. collectively) -an. adj. - GeologyProterozoic (def. 1).
- Language VarietiesAlgonquian.
n. - GeologyProterozoic (def. 2).
- Language VarietiesAlgonquian.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Al•gon•qui•an (al gong′kē ən, -kwē ən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ans, (esp. collectively) -an for 2, adj. n. - Language Varietiesa family of languages spoken now or formerly by American Indians in an area extending from Labrador westward to the Rocky Mountains, west-southwestward through Michigan and Illinois, and southwestward along the Atlantic coast to Cape Hatteras, including esp. Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cree, Fox, Massachusett, Micmac, Ojibwa, and Powhatan. Cf. family (def. 14).
- Language Varietiesa member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe.
adj. - Language Varietiesof or pertaining to Algonquian or its speakers.
Also, Algonkian, Algonkin, Algonquin. - Algonqui(n) + -an 1885–90, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Algonquian /ælˈɡɒŋkɪən -kwɪ-/, Algonkian n - 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 phylum
- ( pl -ans, -an) a member of any of the North American Indian peoples that speak one of these languages
adj - denoting, belonging to, or relating to this linguistic family or its speakers
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