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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ALGONQUIAN
ALGONQUIAN Al *gon "qui *an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to or designating the most extensive of the linguistic families of North American Indians, their territory formerly including practically all of Canada east of the 115th meridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the part of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 1 , Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas ), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.
Defn: An Algonquian Indian.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Algonquian
Al gon qui an |alˈgäNGk (w )ēən ælˈɡɑŋk (w )iən |(also Algonkian |-kēən |) ▶adjective denoting, belonging to, or relating to a family of North American Indian languages formerly spoken across a vast area from the Atlantic seaboard to the Great Lakes and the Great Plains. ▶noun 1 this family of languages. 2 a speaker of any of these languages. Algonquian is one of the largest groups of American Indian languages, including Abnaki, Mohegan, Pequot, Ojibwa, Cree, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Fox, Menomini, and Delaware. Although the Algonquian languages are today spoken from the east coast of North America to the Rockies, the speakers are few and several of the languages are endangered. Many English words have been adopted from these languages, e.g., moccasin, moose, and toboggan . ORIGIN from Algonquin + -ian .
Oxford Dictionary
Algonquian
Algonquian |alˈgɒŋkwɪən, -kɪ - |(also Algonkian |-kɪən |) ▶adjective denoting or relating to a large family of North American Indian languages formerly spoken across a vast area from the Atlantic seaboard to the Great Lakes and the Great Plains, and including Ojibwa, Cree, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, and Delaware. Many words in English have been adopted from these languages, e.g. moccasin, moose, and toboggan . ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the Algonquian family of languages. 2 a speaker of any of the Algonquian languages. ORIGIN from Algonquin + -ian .
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