HyperDic: algonquin

English > 3 senses of the word Algonquin:
ADJECTIVEpertAlgonquin, Algonquian, Algonkianof or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
NOUNperson Algonquin, Algonquiana member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally / originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada
communicationAlgonquin, Algonquian, Algonquian languagefamily of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
Algonquin > pronunciation
Soundsaelgaa'ngkwihn
RhymesAdrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn...
English > Algonquin: 3 senses > adjective 1, pert
MeaningOf or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language.
SynonymsAlgonquian, Algonkian
Spanishalgonquino
NounsAlgonquiana member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally / originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada
Algonquinfamily of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
English > Algonquin: 3 senses > noun 1, person
MeaningA member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally / 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.
SynonymAlgonquian
InstancesPowhatan, WahunsonacockIndian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia
NarrowerAbnaki, AbenakiA member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec
Algonkian, AlgonkinA member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec
Arapaho, 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 plains
CheyenneA 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
CreeA member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
DelawareA member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania
FoxA member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
IllinoisA member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west
KickapooA member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois
MaleciteA member of the Algonquian people of northeastern Maine and New Brunswick
Massachuset, MassachusettsA member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay
Menomini, MenomineeA member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin
MiamiA member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan
Micmac, MikmaqA member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Mohican, MahicanA member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic
NanticokeA member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware
Ojibwa, Ojibway, ChippewaA member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior
OttawaA member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario
PamlicoA member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North Carolina
PassamaquodyA member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in northeastern Maine and New Brunswick
PenobscotA member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine
PotawatomiA member of the Algonquian people originally / originally of Michigan and Wisconsin
PowhatanA member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia
Sauk, SacA member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay
ShawneeA member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river
WampanoagA member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
BroaderAmerindian, Native AmericanAny member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
Spanishalgonquino
Catalanalgonquí
English > Algonquin: 3 senses > noun 2, communication
Meaningfamily of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains.
SynonymsAlgonquian, Algonquian language
NarrowerAbnakiThe Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot
Algonkian, AlgonkinThe Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian
Arapaho, ArapahoeThe Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho
BlackfootAny of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot
CheyenneThe Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne
CreeThe Algonquian language spoken by the Cree
DelawareThe Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware
FoxThe Algonquian language of the Fox
IllinoisThe Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami
KickapooThe Algonquian language of the Kickapoo
Malecite, MaleseetThe Algonquian language of the Malecite and Passamaquody
Massachuset, MassachusettsThe Algonquian language of the Massachuset
Menomini, MenomineeThe Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini
MicmacThe Algonquian language of the Micmac
Mohican, MahicanThe Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican
NanticokeThe Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy
Ojibwa, Ojibway, ChippewaThe Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa
PamlicoThe Algonquian language of the Pamlico
PotawatomiThe Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
PowhatanThe Algonquian language of the Powhatan
ShawneeThe Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee
BroaderAmerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, IndianA member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
Spanishalgonquino, lengua álgica, lengua algonquina
Catalanllengua àlgica
AdjectivesAlgonquinof or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language

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