Algonquian Definition & Meaning
algonquian
- adjective
- of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
- noun
- 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
- family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
Words that rhyme with algonquian
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