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Algonquian

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 coast. Synonym: Algonquin.

Family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains. Synonyms: Algonquian language, Algonquin.

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