Algonquin

/ælˈɡɒŋk(w)ɪn/

Algonquin

English Noun Top 49,103

Definition

A member of an aboriginal North American people closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, and living mainly in Quebec.

Etymology

From Canadian French algonquin, from earlier algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”).