Algonquian
Definitions of Algonquian
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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 coastsynonyms: Algonquinexamples:WahunsonacockIndian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)types:Algonkian, Algonkina member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and QuebecArapaho, Arapahoea member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming)Blackfoota member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plainsCheyennea member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)Conoya member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river; allies of the Nanticoke peopleCreea member of an Algonquian people living in central CanadaDelawarea member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and PennsylvaniaFoxa member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox RiverIllinoisa member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the westKickapooa member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern IllinoisMalecitea member of the Algonquian people of northeastern Maine and New BrunswickMassachuset, Massachusettsa member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts BayMenominee, Menominia member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central WisconsinMiamia member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern MichiganMahican, Mohicana member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the HousatonicNanticokea member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern DelawareOttawaa member of the Algonquian people of southern OntarioPamlicoa member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North CarolinaPassamaquodya member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in northeastern Maine and New BrunswickPenobscota member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern MainePotawatomia member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and WisconsinPowhatana member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern VirginiaSac, Sauka member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green BayShawneea member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee riverWampanoaga member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrimstype of:American Indian, Red Indiana dated term referring to the Indigenous people of North, Central, and South America
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family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plainssynonyms: Algonquian language, Algonquintypes:Abnakithe Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and PenobscotBlackfootany of the Algonquian languages spoken by the BlackfootCheyennethe Algonquian language spoken by the CheyenneCreethe Algonquian language spoken by the CreeDelawarethe Algonquian language spoken by the DelawareFoxthe Algonquian language of the FoxIllinoisthe Algonquian language of the Illinois and MiamiKickapoothe Algonquian language of the KickapooMicmacthe Algonquian language of the MicmacNanticokethe Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and ConoyPamlicothe Algonquian language of the PamlicoPotawatomithe Algonquian language spoken by the PotawatomiPowhatanthe Algonquian language of the PowhatanShawneethe Algonquian language spoken by the Shawneetype of:American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian languagea dated term referring to any of the languages spoken by Indigenous people in the Americas
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of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
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