Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Related Searches
Nearby Words

algonkin

 - 6 dictionary results

Al⋅gon⋅kin

  [al-gong-kin] noun, plural -kins, (especially collectively) -kin, adjective
Use algonkin in a Sentence
–noun
1. Algonquin.
2. Algonquian.
–adjective
3. Algonquian.
4. Algonquin.

Al⋅gon⋅qui⋅an

  [al-gong-kee-uhn, -kwee-uhn] noun, plural -ans, (especially collectively) -an for 2, adjective
–noun
1. a family of languages spoken now or formerly by American Indians in an area extending from Labrador westward to the Rocky Mountains, west-southwestward through Michigan and Illinois, and southwestward along the Atlantic coast to Cape Hatteras, including esp. Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cree, Fox, Massachusett, Micmac, Ojibwa, and Powhatan. Compare family (def. 14).
2. a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to Algonquian or its speakers.
Also, Algonkian, Algonkin, Algonquin.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; Algonqui(n) + -an

Al⋅gon⋅quin

  [al-gong-kin, -kwin] noun, plural -quins, (especially collectively) -quin for 1, 3, adjective
–noun
1. a member of a group of North American Indian tribes formerly along the Ottawa River and the northern tributaries of the St. Lawrence.
2. their speech, a dialect of Ojibwa, of the Algonquian family of languages.
3. Algonquian.
–adjective
4. Algonquian.
Also, Algonkin.

Origin:
1615–25; < F; earlier Algoumequin, presumably < an Algonquian language
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To algonkin
Al·gon·kin   (āl-gŏng'kĭn)   
n.  Variant of Algonquin.
Al·gon·quin   (āl-gŏng'kwĭn, -kĭn)   
n.   pl. Algonquin or Algon·quins also Algonkin or Al·gon·kins

    1. Any of various Native American peoples inhabiting the Ottawa River valley of Quebec and Ontario.

    2. A member of one of these peoples.

  2. Any of the varieties of the Ojibwa language spoken by the peoples called Algonquin.


[Canadian French, from Malecite elakómkwik, they are our relatives.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History

Algonquin 
one of an Indian people living near the Ottawa River in Canada, 1625, from Fr. Algonquin, probably a contraction of Algoumequin, from Micmac algoomeaking "at the place of spearing fish and eels." Algonquian (1885) was the name taken by ethnologists to describe a large group of N.Amer. Indian peoples, including this tribe.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see algonkin on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way