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Montagnais

Pronunciation: /ˌmɒntanˈjeɪ/

Definition of Montagnais

noun (plural same)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people living in a vast area of Canada from north of the Gulf of St Lawrence to the southern shores of Hudson Bay.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Algonquian language of the Montagnais, closely related to Cree. It has about 7,000 speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Montagnais or their language.

Origin:

from French, literally 'of the mountains'

Montagnais in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Montagnais in the US English dictionary