Potawatomi
po·ta·wa·tomi
noun
1.
a member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin
2.
the Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi people
Origin
Borrowed from Ojibwe boodawaadamii or Potawatomi Bodéwademi (“those who tend the fire”) (unsyncoped form of Bodéwadmi), from boodawaadam/bodewadm (“hearth”).
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