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Algonquian

  (ăl-gŏng'kwē-ən, -kē-ən) pronunciation also Algonkian (-kē-ən)
n., pl. Algonquian or -ans also Algonkian or -ans.
  1. A family of North American Indian languages spoken or formerly spoken in an area from Labrador to the Carolinas between the Atlantic coast and the Rocky Mountains.
  2. A member of a people traditionally speaking an Algonquian language.

[From ALGONQUIN.]

Algonquian Al·gon'qui·an adj.
 
 
(ălgŏng'kēən, –kwēən) , branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic family of North America. See Native American languages.


 
WordNet: Algonquian
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: 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
  Synonym: Algonquin

Meaning #2: family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
  Synonyms: Algonquin, Algonquian language


The adjective Algonquian has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
  Synonyms: Algonkian, Algonquin
  Pertains to noun: Algonquian (meaning #1)


 
 

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