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

The 29-year-old Ojibwa from Mallard, Manitoba, also played in three world championships over six years on the national women’s team, winning two silver medals and a bronze.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021

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

Later, it was the vaccine of the Reverend Hall, fetched from the mainland, that guarded the rest of the Ojibwa who had been exposed and who survived the smallpox of 1847.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich