Algonkin

American  

[al-gong-kin] / ælˈgɒŋ kɪn /

noun

plural

Algonkins,

plural

Algonkin

1. Algonquin.

2. Algonquian.

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adjective

1. Algonquian.

2. Algonquin.

Example Sentences

In her quality of producer she occupies a position in Wintu mythology similar to that of the divine descendant of the earth and the sun in the Algonkin religious system.

From Project Gutenberg

All the tribes of the Algonkins were nomadic, shifting from place to place as the fishing and hunting upon which they depended required.

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All the others were of the Algonkin group, just as the French, the Spanish, and the Italians belong to what is called the Latin family, and speak languages which have the same origin.

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Indians of the Algonkin tribe named this tree family, and taught the early colonists in Virginia to use for food the ripe nuts of the shagbark and mockernut.

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The Jesuits' Relations state positively that there was "no one immaterial God recognised by the Algonkin tribes, and that the title 'The Great Manito' was introduced first by themselves in its personal sense."

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