Anishinaabe

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/ˌʌnɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ//ˌənɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ//ˌɑːnɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/

noun

An Ojibwe, Nipissing, Algonquin, Potawatomi, or Odawa person.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounAnishinaabe (plural Anishinaabe or Anishinaabes or Anishinaabeg or Anishinaabek)

plural Anishinaabes · plural Anishinaabeg · plural Anishinaabek · alternative Anishinabe · alternative derived Nishnaabe · alternative derived Neshnabé

  1. An Ojibwe, Nipissing, Algonquin, Potawatomi, or Odawa person.

    In speaking about these non-Indian authors, there are a couple of more points I should make concerning my identity as an Anishinaabe scholar, both of which are related to the picture I paint of Anishinaabe culture.

    2016, Lawrence W. Gross, Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being, Routledge, →ISBN, page 4
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    The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy.

    2022 May 5, Arland Thornton, Alphonse Pitawanakwat, Eric Hemenway, Lindsey Willow Smith, Linda Young DeMarco, Anishinaabe Geography in the 1930 Decennial Census—and the Use of this Geography in Studying the 1900-1940 Attributes of Anishinaabe People, page 4
    1. specificallyAn Ojibwe person.

      In Deborah McGregor's chapter, she relates key personal and professional experiences regarding Aboriginal Environmental Knowledge (AEK), based upon her own life as an Anishinaabe, as well as on conversations and interactions ...

      2013, Andrejs Kulnieks, Dan Roronhiakewen Longboat, Young Young, Contemporary Studies in Environmental and Indigenous Pedagogies: A Curricula of Stories and Place, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 2
  2. rareuncommonSynonym of Anishinaabemowin (“Anishinaabe language(s)”)

    Synonyms: Anishinaabemowin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Anishinaabemowin (“Anishinaabe language(s)”)

Origin

  1. Ojibweanishinaabe /ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ
  2. EnglishAnishinaabe

Borrowed from Ojibwe anishinaabe /ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ. Doublet of Nishnaabe (from Odawa and Eastern Ojibwe) and Neshnabé (from Potawatomi).

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Translations

French Anichinabé, Anichinabée
  • Anichinabémember of Anishinaabe people(s)
  • Anichinabéemember of Anishinaabe people(s)
  • Anichinabésmember of Anishinaabe people(s)
  • Anichinabéesmember of Anishinaabe people(s)
Polish Anishinaabe
  • Anishinaabemember of Anishinaabe people(s)
Cite this entry
APA

Anishinaabe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anishinaabe

MLA

“Anishinaabe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anishinaabe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anishinaabe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anishinaabe.

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