Saulteaux
English
Etymology
From French saulteux, or French saulteurs, from French sault (“waterfall”) in reference to Sault Ste. Marie (then called Sault de Gaston) where the French first encountered them.
Proper noun
Saulteaux
- an indigenous nation from the northern Great Plains and southern Canadian Shield, the Westernmost branch of the Ojibwe or Anishnaabe
- the language of this nation
Translations
nation
language
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Related terms
- Hypernyms:Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwa, Chippewa, Baawitigong
- Synonyms: Plains Ojibwa, Sault Indians, Sotoos, Nahkawininiwak, Nakawē (people), Nakawēmowin (language)
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