ASSINIBOIN


Meaning of ASSINIBOIN in English

Variant: or As · sin · i · boine

Pronunciation: ə - ' si-n ə - ˌ bo ̇ in

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural -boin or -boins or -boine or -boines

Etymology: Ojibwa dialect assini · pwa · n, literally, stone Sioux

Date: 1794

: a member of an American Indian people orig. of the area between the upper Missouri and middle Saskatchewan rivers

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