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Algonquin

Algonquin Meaning & Definition
Algonquin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Algonquin?

[n] family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
[n] a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
[adj] of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language

Synonyms | Synonyms for Algonquin: Algonkian | Algonquian | Algonquian | Algonquian | Algonquian language

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Algonquin In Webster's Dictionary

\Al*gon"quin\, Algonkin \Al*gon"kin\, n. One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

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