algonquian has definitions from the field of linguistics
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[ noun ] 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

Synonyms

Algonquin

2
[ adjective ] of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language

Synonyms

Algonquin Algonkian

3
[ noun ] (linguistics) family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
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