Algonquian
Al·gon·quian 7 [Algonquian Algonquians] BrE [ælˈɡɒŋkwiən] NAmE [ælˈɡɑːŋkwiən] BrE [ælˈɡɒŋkiən] NAmE [ælˈɡɑːŋkiən] noun uncountable
a large family of N American Indian languages
Word Origin:
from Algonquin (French, contraction of obsolete Algoumequin, from a Micmac word meaning ‘at the place of spearing fish and eels’) + ↑-ian. Micmac is an Algonquian language.
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