Definition of Algonkian

1. Noun. A member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec.

Exact synonyms: Algonkin
Generic synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquin

2. Adjective. Of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language.
Exact synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquin
Partainyms: Algonquian, Algonquian, Algonquian
Derivative terms: Algonquian, Algonquin

3. Noun. The Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian.
Exact synonyms: Algonkin
Generic synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquian Language, Algonquin

Definition of Algonkian

1. a. Var. of Algonquian.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Algonkian

Algerian centime
Algerian dinar
Algerian monetary unit
Algerians
Algerie
Algerine
Algerines
Algeripithecus
Algeripithecus minutus
Algernon
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algherese
Algic
Algiedi
Algiers
Algonkian (current term)
Algonkin
Algonquian
Algonquian language
Algonquin
Algonquins
Algren
Alhambra
Alhazen
Alhazen's problem
Ali
Ali Baba
Alicante
Alice
Alice B. Toklas

Literary usage of Algonkian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1905)
"An appeal for the study of the Algonkian tribes of North America and their ... The Algonkian is one of the most widely extended of the linguistic stocks of ..."

2. The Grand Canyon of Arizona: Being a Book of Words from Many Pens, about the (1909)
"This system of rocks, the Algonkian, is the oldest system which has yielded fossils of any sort in any part of the world. The Algonkian beds are mostly of ..."

3. An Introduction to Historical Geology: With Special Reference to North America by William John Miller (1916)
"As already stated, perhaps the largest Algonkian area in North America is ... The well-known Lake Superior district of Algonkian is also of large extent. ..."

4. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"Post Algonkian History. The interval of time between the formation of the latest pre-Cambrian and the earliest Paleozoic rocks, was an exceedingly long one, ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE Algonkian BACTERIA AND POPULAR SCIENCE THERE are two points in Dr. RS Breed's communication of September 7 entitled " Popular ..."

6. ... The Geological Story of Kansas by Lyman Child Wooster (1900)
"So far as known, the Algonkian rocks lie on the inner borders of the ... Algonkian rocks are mostly quartzite, mica schist, chlorite schist, and limestone. ..."

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