Algonquin
adj 1: of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or
language [syn: Algonquian, Algonkian, Algonquin]
n 1: 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 coast [syn: Algonquian,
Algonquin]
2: family of North American Indian languages spoken from
Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains [syn:
Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language]
Algonquin
one of an Indian people living near the Ottawa River in Canada, 1625,
from Fr. Algonquin, probably a contraction of Algoumequin, from Micmac
algoomeaking "at the place of spearing fish and eels." Algonquian
(1885) was the name taken by ethnologists to describe a large group of
N.Amer. Indian peoples, including this tribe.
Algonquin \Al*gon"quin\, Algonkin \Al*gon"kin\, n.
One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many
distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern
and eastern part of North America. The name was originally
applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St.
Lawrence.
Algonquin, IL (village, FIPS 685)
Location: 42.16423 N, 88.30046 W
Population (1990): 11663 (3975 housing units)
Area: 13.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
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