moccasin
pronunciation
How to pronounce moccasin in British English: UK [ˈmɒkəsɪn]
How to pronounce moccasin in American English: US [ˈmɑkəsɪn]
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- Noun:
- soft leather shoe; originally worn by native Americans
Word Origin
- moccasin (n.)
- "North American Indian shoe" (made of deerskin or soft leather), 1610s, from an Algonquian language of Virginia, probably Powhatan makasin "shoe," from Central Atlantic Coast Algonquian *mockasin, similar to Southern New England Algonquian *makkusin, Munsee Delaware mahkusin, Ojibwa makizin. The venomous snake of southern U.S. (1784) is perhaps a different word, but Bright regards them as identical.
Example
- 1. Moccasin , igloo , they 're aboriginal words from canada .