/ ælˈgɒŋkwiən; -kiən; NAmE -ˈgɑːŋ-/ noun
[ U ] a large family of N American Indian languages
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WORD ORIGIN
from Algonquin ( French , contraction of obsolete Algoumequin , from a Micmac word meaning at the place of spearing fish and eels) + -ian . Micmac is an Algonquian language.