n.
Pronunciation: al- ' gän-kw ē - ə n, - ' gä ŋ -
Variant: or Al · gon · quin \ -kw ə n \ or Al · gon · ki · an \ - ' gä ŋ -k ē - ə n \ also Al · gon · kin \ - ' gä ŋ -k ə n \
Function: noun
Etymology: Canadian French Algoumequin, Algonquin, perhaps from Malecite-Passamaquoddy (Algonquian language of Maine and New Brunswick) elakómkwik they are our relatives
Date: 1625
1 usually Algonquin a : an American Indian people of the Ottawa River valley b : the dialect of Ojibwa spoken by these people
2 usually Algonquian a : a family of American Indian languages spoken by peoples from Labrador to Carolina and westward into the Great Plains b : a member of the peoples speaking Algonquian languages