Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of any of various Native American peoples inhabiting the Ottawa River valley of Quebec and Ontario.
- noun Any of the varieties of Ojibwa spoken by the Algonquin.
- noun A member of an Algonquian people.
- noun An Algonquian language.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of an
aboriginal North American people closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, and living mainly inQuebec . - proper noun The
language spoken by the Algonquins, a transitional language betweenOjibwe andAbenaki .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
- noun family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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ALGONQUIN - A 20-year-old from Algonquin has been charged with driving under the influence after police said he hit a parked car and a slew of other stationary objects early Thursday.
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ALGONQUIN - A woman was taken to the hospital Saturday with minor injuries after she was rear-ended in Algonquin.
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ALGONQUIN - A Lake in the Hills man is alleging that his company was defamed by two Algonquin police officers and others.
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ALGONQUIN - A 16-year-old Algonquin boy accused of killing his allegedly abusive father had struggled with deep depression and suicidal thoughts, his attorney said Thursday.
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ALGONQUIN 139.1, HUDSON 134.25: Algonquin junior Amanda Hubley finished first in all four events to win the all-around with 36.4 points and lead the Tomahawks over visiting Hudson in a Mid-Wach League gymnastics meet.
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ALGONQUIN - A 16-year-old Algonquin boy accused of killing his allegedly abusive father had struggled with deep depression and suicidal thoughts, his attorney said Thursday.
News 2010
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ALGONQUIN - LifeTime Fitness in Algonquin will hold its annual Turkey Trot 5K run/walk this morning.
News 2009
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ALGONQUIN - A 65-year-old Algonquin podiatrist sentenced to six years in prison for using a spy camera to record himself having sex with women in exchange for drugs was released from prison last week, less than two years into his sentence, through a program designed to save the state money.
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ALGONQUIN - After eyeing the 750-foot "big hill" at Raging Buffalo Snowboard & Ski Park in Algonquin on Sunday afternoon, Taylor Lauder, 15, decided to stick with the less-daunting bunny hill for her first time snowboarding.
News 2009
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Both had peeling decals with the name Algonquin Consolidated on the side and a number to call in an emergency.
The Burning Wire Jeffery Deaver 2010
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