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O·jib·wa
[oh-jib-wey, -wuh] Pronunciation Key
[oh-jib-wey, -wuh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -was, (especially collectively
) -wa.
) -wa. | 1. | a member of a large tribe of North American Indians found in Canada and the U.S., principally in the region around Lakes Huron and Superior but extending as far west as Saskatchewan and North Dakota. |
| 2. | an Algonquian language used by the Ojibwa, Algonquin, and Ottawa Indians. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| O·jib·wa
(ō-jĭb'wā', -wə) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. Ojibwa or O·jib·was also Ojibway or O·jib·ways or Ojibwe or O·jib·wes
[Ojibwa ojibwe.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Ojibwa
Ojibwa
Algonquian people of N.America, living along the shores of Lake Superior, 1700, from Ojibwa O'chepe'wag "plaited shoes," in ref. to their puckered moccasins, which were unlike those of neighboring tribes. The older form in Eng. is Chippewa, which is usually retained in U.S., but since c.1850 Canadian Eng. has taken up the more phonetically correct Ojibwa, and as a result the two forms of the word have begun to be used in ref. to slightly differing groups in the two countries.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| ojibwa | |
noun | |
| 1. | a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior |
| 2. | the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Ojibwa, WI Zip code(s): 54862
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