Adirondack

Meanings

Noun

• A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
• Abbreviation of Adirondack lean-to

Proper Noun

• The Adirondacks

Origin

• From the Mohawk ratirontaks, atirú:taks, hatiron'taks, a term applied by the Mohawks indiscriminately to other tribes, including the French and English, but especially other Native Americans who ate bark and buds when other food sources were scarce.
• Back-formation from "Adirondacks". The mountains were named after the tribe.
• Abbreviation.