Algonquin

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Canadian French Algonquin, from earlier Algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik 'these are our relatives' or Micmac algoomeaking 'at the place of spearing fish and eels'.

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

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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people

Proper noun [edit]

Algonquin

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

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language

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