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Algonquin - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Algonquin : adj : of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or
language [syn: Algonquian, Algonkian, Algonquin]
(noun)
1: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking
an Algonquian language and originally living in the
subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian
tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the
Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast [syn: Algonquian,
Algonquin]
2: family of North American Indian languages spoken from
Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
[syn: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Algonquin : \Al*gon"quin\, Algonkin \Al*gon"kin\, n.
One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many
distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern
and eastern part of North America. The name was originally
applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St.
Lawrence.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Algonquin, IL (village, FIPS 685)
Location: 42.16423 N, 88.30046 W
Population (1990): 11663 (3975 housing units)
Area: 13.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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