ALGONKIAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Algonkian mean?
• ALGONKIAN (noun)
The noun ALGONKIAN has 2 senses:
1. a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec
2. the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian
Familiarity information: ALGONKIAN used as a noun is rare.
• ALGONKIAN (adjective)
The adjective ALGONKIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
Familiarity information: ALGONKIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALGONKIAN (noun)
Meaning:
A member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Algonkian; Algonkin
Hypernyms ("Algonkian" is a kind of...):
Algonquian; Algonquin (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)
Meaning:
The Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Algonkian; Algonkin
Hypernyms ("Algonkian" is a kind of...):
Algonquian; Algonquian language; Algonquin (family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains)
• ALGONKIAN (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Algonkian; Algonquian; Algonquin
Pertainym:
Algonquian (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)
