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ALGONKIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian

Synonyms:

Algonkian; Algonkin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Algonkian" is a kind of...):

Algonquian; Algonquian language; Algonquin (family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains)

Derivation:

Algonkian (of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec

Synonyms:

Algonkian; Algonkin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Algonkian" is a kind of...):

Algonquian; Algonquin (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)

Derivation:

Algonkian (of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language

Synonyms:

Algonkian; Algonquian; Algonquin

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Algonquian (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)

Derivation:

Algonkian (the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian)

Algonkian (a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec)

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