Meanings
alternative Algonkian
- not comparableRelating to a group of North American languages.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna 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
nounfamily of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Canadian Frenchalgonquin
- EnglishAlgonqui(n)
- EnglishAlgonquian
From Algonqui(n) + -an.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan algonquí
- algonquírelating to a group of North American languages
Chinese Mandarin 阿爾岡昆 /阿尔冈昆
- 阿爾岡昆 /阿尔冈昆relating to a group of North American languages
Dutch Algonkisch
- Algonkischrelating to a group of North American languages
Finnish algonkinilainen
- algonkinilainenrelating to a group of North American languages
French algonquien
- algonquienrelating to a group of North American languages
Italian algonchino
- algonchinorelating to a group of North American languages
Latin algonquianus
- algonquianusrelating to a group of North American languages
Portuguese algonquino
- algonquinorelating to a group of North American languages
Russian алгонки́нский
- алгонки́нский (algonkínskij)relating to a group of North American languages
Swedish algonkinsk
- algonkinskrelating to a group of North American languages
Cite this entry
Algonquian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Algonquian
“Algonquian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Algonquian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Algonquian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Algonquian.
Source: Algonquian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.