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Algonquin

Pronunciation: /alˈgɒŋkwɪn/
(also Algonkin)
Definition of Algonquin

noun

  • 1a member of an American Indian people living in Canada along the Ottawa River and its tributaries and westward to the north of Lake Superior.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Algonquian language of the Algonquin people, with about 3,000 speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Algonquin people or their language.

Origin:

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

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