Ojibwa
Americannoun
plural
Ojibwas,plural
Ojibwaadjective
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people living in a region west of Lake Superior
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the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
Etymology
Origin of Ojibwa
See Ojibwe ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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
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
The fiction finalists, announced Tuesday morning, also include “LaRose,” the latest novel about the Ojibwa people of North Dakota by Louise Erdrich, and “Swing Time,” by British novelist Zadie Smith.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2017
Andeg, the Anishinabe or Ojibwa word for crow, was its name.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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