CREE


Meaning of CREE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkrē ]

noun

( plural Cree or Crees )

Etymology: Canadian French Cris, plural, short for Cristinaux, from Ojibwa dialect kirištino·, singular, member of a band living south of James Bay

Date: 1744

1. : a member of an American Indian people of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan

2. : the Algonquian language of the Cree people

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