Montagnais

[ mon-tuhn-yey, mawn- ]

noun,plural Mon·ta·gnais [mon-tuhn-yey, -yeyz, mawn-] /ˌmɒn tənˈyeɪ, -ˈyeɪz, ˌmɔ̃-/ for 1.
  1. a member of the southern group of Innu, a First Nation of Quebec and Labrador.

  2. the eastern Algonquian language of the southern Innu people, closely related to Cree.

Origin of Montagnais

1
First recorded in 1650–60; from Canadian French; literally, “member of a mountain tribe” (in the singular),“mountaineers” (in the plural), derivative of French montagne mountain

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Montagnais

/ (ˌmɒntənˈjeɪ) /


nounplural -gnais (jeɪ, jeɪz) or -gnaises (jeɪz)
  1. a member of an Innu people living in Labrador and eastern Quebec

  2. the Algonquian language of this people

Origin of Montagnais

1
C18: from French: of the mountain, from montagne mountain

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