Algonquin

Meanings

Noun

• A member of an aboriginal North American people closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, and living mainly in Quebec.

Proper Noun

• The language spoken by the Algonquins, a transitional language between Ojibwe and Abenaki.

Origin

• From , from earlier Algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking ("at the place of spearing fish and eels").