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Etymology · Proto-Algonquian

*sa·kima·wa

2 English words descend from Proto-Algonquian *sa·kima·wa, most common first.

sagamoreA chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians.
sachemA chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore.