MAHICAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Mahican mean? • MAHICAN (noun)
The noun MAHICAN has 2 senses:
1. a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic
2. the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican
Familiarity information: MAHICAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MAHICAN (noun)
Meaning:
A member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Mahican; Mohican
Hypernyms ("Mahican" 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 Mohican
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Mahican; Mohican
Hypernyms ("Mahican" 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)
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