Ojibwa
noun/əʊˈdʒɪbwɑː/
/əʊˈdʒɪbwɑː/
(plural Ojibwa, Ojibwas)
- a member of a native North American people, many of whom live in the US states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and in Ontario in CanadaCultureThe Ojibwa speak an Algonquian language. They once lived mostly around Lake Superior and Lake Huron, where they were farmers who also hunted. The Ojibwas often fought with the Sioux.Word Originfrom Ojibwa ojibwe, apparently meaning ‘puckered’, with reference to their moccasins.
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