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Cree

Syllabification: (Cree)
Pronunciation: /krē/
Definition of Cree

noun (plural same or Crees)

  • 1a member of a American Indian people living in a vast area of central Canada.
  • 2the Algonquian language of the Cree, closely related to Montagnais.

adjective

  • relating to the Cree or their language.

Origin:

from Canadian French Cris, abbreviation of Cristinaux, from Algonquian kiris̆tinō

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