Noun
- 1. Algonquian, Algonquin, Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
- usage: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
- 2. Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
- usage: family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
Adjective
- 1. Algonquian, Algonkian, Algonquin
- usage: of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
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