Algonquin
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Al·gon·quin
(ăl-gŏng'kwĭn, -kĭn) 
also Al·gon·kin (-kĭn)
n., pl., Algonquin, or -quins, also Algonkin or -kins.
also Al·gon·kin (-kĭn)n., pl., Algonquin, or -quins, also Algonkin or -kins.
- Any of various Native American peoples inhabiting the Ottawa River valley of Quebec and Ontario.
- A member of one of these peoples.
- Any of the varieties of the Ojibwa language spoken by the peoples called Algonquin.
[Canadian French, from Malecite elakómkwik, they are our relatives.]
Algonquin (ălgŏng'kwĭn, -kĭn), small group of Native North Americans. The name of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (to which they belonged) is derived from their name (see Native American languages). They were among the first Native Americans with whom the French formed alliances, and their name was used to designate other tribes in the area. Despite French aid, they were dispersed in the 17th cent. by the Iroquois, and the remnants of the tribe found refuge chiefly near white settlements of the Ottawa River valley in W Quebec and E Ontario. There were close to 6,000 Algonquin in Canada in 1991. The name is also spelled Algonkin.
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