Potawatomi

P3O1T1A1W4A1T1O1M3I1
/ˌpɔtəˈwɑtəmi/

noun

A member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.

Similar
Potawatomi language
UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounPotawatomi (plural Potawatomis or Potawatomi)

plural Potawatomis · alternative Bodéwadmi · alternative Potawatami · alternative Pottawatomie · alternative Pottawatomi · alternative Pottawattamie · alternative Pottawattomi

  1. A member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
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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. […] We also use data from additional tables published in that same 1937 census volume to identify all counties in the U.S. that had ten or more Odawas, ten or more Chippewas, and/or ten or more Potawatomis recorded in the 1930 census—and for each of these counties we identify the number of Odawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi people recorded in the county. In this way we document the states and counties of residence of the Anishinaabe population.

    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, pages 4, 5
proper noun

alternative Bodéwadmi · alternative Potawatami · alternative Pottawatomie · alternative Pottawatomi · alternative Pottawattamie · alternative Pottawattomi

  1. The Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi people.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi

Similar
Potawatomi language
Broader
AlgonquianAlgonquinAlgonquian language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. PotawatomiBodéwademi“those who tend the fire”
  2. Ojibweboodawaadamii
  3. EnglishPotawatomi

Borrowed from Ojibwe boodawaadamii or Potawatomi Bodéwademi (“those who tend the fire”) (unsyncoped form of Bodéwadmi), from boodawaadam/bodewadm (“hearth”).

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Translations

Catalan potawatomi
  • potawatomimember of the Potawatomi people
French Potéouatami, Potéouatamis
  • Potéouatamimember of the Potawatomi people
  • Potéouatamismember of the Potawatomi people
  • PotéouatamisNative American people
Italian potawatomi
  • potawatomimember of the Potawatomi people
Japanese ポタワトミ語
  • ポタワトミ語 (Potawatomigo)Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
Korean 포타와토미, 포타와토미
  • 포타와토미 (potawatomi)member of the Potawatomi people
  • 포타와토미 (potawatomi)Native American people
  • 포타와토미어 (potawatomieo)Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
Polish Potawatomi, Potawatomi
  • Potawatomimember of the Potawatomi people
  • Potawatomimember of the Potawatomi people
Spanish potawatomi
  • potawatomimember of the Potawatomi people
Cite this entry
APA

Potawatomi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Potawatomi

MLA

“Potawatomi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Potawatomi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Potawatomi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Potawatomi.

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