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algonquin

/ælˈɡɑːŋk(w)ɪn/

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What does algonquin mean?

noun

  1. A member of an aboriginal North American people closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, and living mainly in Quebec.

proper noun

  1. The language spoken by the Algonquins, a transitional language between Ojibwe and Abenaki.
  2. A community in Augusta township, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
More meanings (5)

proper noun

  1. A village in McHenry County and Kane County, Illinois.
  2. A township in McHenry County, Illinois.
  3. A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
  4. A census-designated place in Dorchester County, Maryland.
  5. An unincorporated community in Bohemia Township, Ontonagon County, Michigan.
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IPA pronunciation

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Manibozho, or the Great Hare Nana, is, in the Algonquin legends, the White One, the light, the sun.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109
This tribe spoke a different stock language than the Iroquois, and belonged to the Algonquin division of the Indian tribes.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
More book examples (1)
LELAND, C. G.: The Algonquin Legends of New England.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966