Algonquin
pronunciation
How to pronounce Algonquin in British English:
UK [ælˈɡɔŋkwin]
How to pronounce Algonquin in American English:
US [ælˈɡɑŋkwɪn, -kɪn]
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- Noun:
- 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 coa
- family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
Word Origin
- Algonquin
- one of an Indian people living near the Ottawa River in Canada, 1620s, from French Algonquin, perhaps a contraction of Algoumequin, from Micmac algoomeaking "at the place of spearing fish and eels." But Bright suggests Maliseet (Algonquian) elægomogwik "they are our relatives or allies." Algonquian (1885) was the name taken by ethnologists to describe a large group of North American Indian peoples, including this tribe. Algonquin Hotel (59 W. 44th St., Manhattan) opened 1902 and named by manager Frank Case for the tribe that had lived in that area. A circle of journalists, authors, critics, and wits began meeting there daily in 1919 and continued through the twenties; they called themselves "The Vicious Circle," but to others they became "The Round Table."
Example
- 1. It was like the algonquin kids table .
- 2. The algonquin people who lived near what is now new york city called themselves lenape .
- 3. We met in algonquin park , ontario , canada when we were counselors at summer camps there .
- 4. The president 's not signing the bill , not when it looks like happy hour at the algonquin .
- 5. At a luncheon in the algonquin hotel they met an elite group of intellectuals who became part of their literary circle .