Cree
pronunciation
How to pronounce Cree in British English:
UK [kri:]
How to pronounce Cree in American English:
US [kri]
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- Noun:
- a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
- the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree people
Word Origin
- Cree
- 1744, from phonetic rendering of Canadian French Cris, short for Christinaux, from Ojibwa (Algonquian) *kiristino, originally referring to a group in the Hudson Bay region.
Example
- 1. I do not know how this works cree .
- 2. The timing of the vote also hurt mr saganash , since it fell during goose-hunting season , meaning many cree were off in the bush .
- 3. The efforts in application study of systems engineering for many years in college of resources and environmental engineering are summarized and research thrusts that should be carried out for promoting future development of disciplines in cree are discussed in this paper .
- 4. Yet mr saganash , who was already the first cree to have become a lawyer in quebec , won easily .
- 5. The strips of cloth were offerings to the spirits that cree people believe are watching over them .