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Algonquin

al·gon·quin

UK/ælˈɡɒŋk(w)ɪn/ US/ælˈɡɑːŋk(w)ɪn/ rare
adjective (1) noun (2)

adjective

1.

of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language

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noun

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

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Origin

From Canadian French algonquin, from earlier algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”).

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