Algonquin
See also: algonquin
English
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Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Canadian French Algonquin, from earlier Algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Algonquin (plural Algonquins)
- A member of an aboriginal North American people closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, and living mainly in Quebec.
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Proper noun
Algonquin
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See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Algonquin terms
Algonquin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Algonquin language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethnologue entry for Algonquin, alq