Definitions for Algonquian

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Algonquian Al·gon·qui·an

Spelling: [al-gong-kee-uh n, -kwee-uh n]

IPA: /ælˈgɒŋ ki ən, -kwi ən/

Algonquian is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in Algonquian (aagilnnoqu).

Definitions for Algonquian

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 especially Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cree, Fox, Massachusett, Micmac, Ojibwa, and Powhatan. Compare family (def 14).
2. a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe.

adjective

1. of or relating to Algonquian or its speakers.

Origin of Algonquian

An Americanism dating back to 1885-90; Algonqui(n) + -an

Examples for Algonquian

These, with the exception of the Winnebago, were Algonquian tribes.

The Algonquian believed in a great serpent in the Great Lakes which raised storms, and destroyed canoes.

They were organised in many exogamous clans; descent was patrilineal although it was matrilineal in most Algonquian tribes.

In 1643 came to Canada and spent a year in study of Algonquian language.

The hostility of the Algonquian tribes seems to have been the cause of the southward migration of the Iroquoian peoples.

The Chippewa (Ojibwa) are the largest and most important branch of the Algonquian family.

The three linguistic families to be considered are the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan.

Manito is the Algonquian name for "the mysterious and unknown potencies and powers of life and of the universe."

This is incorrect, the Shoshonean differing widely from the Algonquian language stock.

The position of the village of the Algonquian Michigamea, who lived north of the Quapaw, has not been determined.