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Algonquin

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Etymology

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    From Canadian French algonquin, from earlier algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”).

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    • (UK) IPA(key): /ælˈɡɒŋk(w)ɪn/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ælˈɡɑːŋk(w)ɪn/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Noun

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    Algonquin (plural Algonquins)

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

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    Algonquin

    1. The language spoken by the Algonquins, a transitional language between Ojibwe and Abenaki.
      • 2017 August 4, Waubgeshig Rice, “Ottawa-Gatineau Algonquin speakers encouraged by census data”, in CBC News‎[1], archived from the original on 21 August 2025:
        Odjick is the creator of the animated television series Kagagi, which was broadcast in Algonquin. He also regularly posts an Algonquin "word of the day" on Twitter with translations and illustrations to encourage language learning.
    2. A place name:
      1. A community in Augusta township, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
      2. A place in the United States:
        1. A village in McHenry County and Kane County, Illinois.
        2. A township in McHenry County, Illinois.
        3. A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
        4. A census-designated place in Dorchester County, Maryland.
        5. An unincorporated community in Bohemia Township, Ontonagon County, Michigan.

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