Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Algonquian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Algonquian \Al*gon"qui*an\, a.
Pertaining to or designating the most extensive of the
linguistic families of North American Indians, their
territory formerly including practically all of Canada east
of the 115th meridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the part
of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of
Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory
occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly
100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the
strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees,
Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n. An Algonquian
Indian.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Algonquian
adj : of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or
language [syn: {Algonquian}, {Algonkian}, {Algonquin}]
n 1: 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 [syn: {Algonquian},
{Algonquin}]
2: family of North American Indian languages spoken from
Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
[syn: {Algonquian}, {Algonquin}, {Algonquian language}]
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