algonquin

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language

Similar word(s): algonkian, algonquian

noun

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

Similar word(s): algonquian

Definition categories: person, amerindian

2. family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains

Similar word(s): algonquian

Definition categories: communication, amerind, indian