Algonquin Definition

ăl-gŏngkwĭn, -kĭn
algonkin, algonkins, algonquins
noun
A member of any of various Native American peoples inhabiting the Ottawa River valley of Quebec and Ontario.
American Heritage
A member of an Algonquian people living near the Ottawa River, Canada.
Webster's New World
Any of the varieties of Ojibwa spoken by the Algonquin.
American Heritage
A dialect of Ojibwa spoken by this people.
Webster's New World
A member of an Algonquian people.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Of the Algonquins or their language or culture.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun

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

Wiktionary

Origin of Algonquin

  • 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”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Canadian French from Maliseet elakómkwik they are our relatives

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Algonquin Sentence Examples

  • The Indians of central Alberta are chiefly plain Crees, a tribe of Algonquin stock.

  • So powerful were these teachings that the tribes of the Algonquin peoples formed the Iroquois confederacy.

  • In southern Alberta are several thousands of Indians on reserves south and west of Calgary, consisting of the Blackfoots of Algonquin stock, Sarcees, Piegans and a few Assiniboins.

  • Among the more prominent buildings are the court-house - the portion first erected being designed after the Parthenon - the Steele high school, St Mary's college, Notre Dame academy, the Memorial Building, the Arcade Building, Reibold Building, the Algonquin Hotel, the post office, the public library (containing about 75,000 volumes), the Young Men's Christian Association building and several churches.

  • The northern Algonquin and Iroquoian tribes practised similar arts, and in the Atlantic states wove robes of animal and bird skins by cutting the latter into long strips, winding these strips on twine of hemp, and weaving them by the same processes employed in their basketry.

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With A and Ending With N

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