ALGONKIAN

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

Algonkian (of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language)

Sense 2

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)

Derivation:

Algonkian (of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language)

• ALGONKIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

Algonkian (the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian)

Algonkian (a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec)