MAHICAN


Meaning of MAHICAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˈhē-kən ]

noun

or Mo·hi·can mō-, mə-

( plural -can or -cans )

Etymology: Mahican

Date: circa 1614

1. : a member of an American Indian people of the upper Hudson River valley

2. : the extinct Algonquian language of the Mahican people

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.