单词 | Mahican |
释义 | Mahican /meuh hee"keuhn/, n. , pl. Mahicans, (esp. collectively) Mahican. 1. a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley. 2. a member of this tribe or confederacy. Also, Mohican. [1605-15; < the Mahican name for themselves: lit., person (people) of the tidal estuary (c. Munsee Delaware ma·hí·kan; cf. -a·hi·kan in kihta·hí·kan ocean, with kiht- great)] |
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