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Algonquin

Syllabification: (Al·gon·quin)
Pronunciation: /alˈgäNGk(w)in/
(also Algonkin /-kin/)
Definition of Algonquin

noun

  • 1 (plural same or Algonquins) a member of a North American Indian people living in Canada along the Ottawa River and its tributaries and westward to the north of Lake Superior.
  • 2the dialect of Ojibwa spoken by the Algonquin, with about 3,000 speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Algonquin or their language.

Origin:

French, perhaps a contraction of obsolete Algoumequin, from a Micmac word meaning 'at the place of spearing fish and eels'

The use of Algonquin to refer generically to the Algonquian peoples or their languages is incorrect.

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