Algonquin

See also: algonquin

English

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Etymology

Canadian French Algonquin, from earlier Algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ælˈɡɒŋkwɪn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ælˈɡɑːŋkwɪn/

Noun

Algonquin (plural Algonquins)

  1. A member of an aboriginal North American people closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, and living mainly in Quebec.

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Proper noun

Algonquin

  1. The language spoken by the Algonquins, a transitional language between Ojibwe and Abenaki.

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