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Definition of Algonquian noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Algonquian

noun
 
/ælˈɡɒŋkwiən/,
 
/ælˈɡɒŋkiən/
 
/ælˈɡɑːŋkwiən/,
 
/ælˈɡɑːŋkiən/
[uncountable]
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  1. a large family of North American Indian languages
    Word Originfrom 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.
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