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Algonquin
(gcide) | Algonquin \Al*gon"quin\, Algonkin \Al*gon"kin\, prop. n.
One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many
distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern
and eastern part of North America. The name was originally
applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St.
Lawrence.
[1913 Webster] |
algonquin
(wn) | Algonquin
adj 1: of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or
language [syn: Algonquian, Algonkian, Algonquin]
n 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 [syn: Algonquian,
Algonquin]
2: family of North American Indian languages spoken from
Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains [syn:
Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language] |
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Algonquin
(gcide) | Algonquin \Al*gon"quin\, Algonkin \Al*gon"kin\, prop. n.
One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many
distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern
and eastern part of North America. The name was originally
applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St.
Lawrence.
[1913 Webster] |
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