Ojibwa

American  

[oh-jib-wey, -wuh] / oʊˈdʒɪb weɪ, -wə /

noun

plural

Ojibwas,

plural

Ojibwa

1. Ojibwe.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Ojibwe or their language.

Ojibwa British  

/ əʊˈdʒɪbwə /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people living in a region west of Lake Superior

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

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Etymology

Origin of Ojibwa

See Ojibwe ( def. )

Example Sentences

European immigrants settled in Ottertail in the 19th century on land that was home to Dakota and Ojibwa tribes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2020

In 1993, she was finally signed to a record label and changed her name to Shania, which she says is an Ojibwa word for “on my way”.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2018

Dennis James Banks — his Ojibwa name was Nowacumig, meaning “at the center of the universe” — was born on the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota on April 12, 1937.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2017

Released in 1968, he founded the American Indian Movement with an Ojibwa he had met in prison, Clyde Bellecourt, and others to fight the oppression and endemic poverty of Native Americans.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2017

Although his grandfather had been French, he was raised and considered himself Ojibwa and kept the rules of his mother’s dodem or clan, the catfish clan.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich