MAHICAN


Meaning of MAHICAN in English

n.

Pronunciation: m ə - ' h ē -k ə n

Variant: or Mo · hi · can \ m ō -, m ə - \

Function: noun

Inflected Form: 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 Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.