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单词 Assiniboin
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Assiniboin

/əˈsinəboin /
(also Assiniboine)
noun (plural same or Assiniboins)
1A member of an American Indian people formerly living in southern Manitoba, but now living in Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.A tribe of hunters, the Assiniboins exchanged dried meat for British guns, brass kettles and cloth....
  • The Chippewa forged a new alliance with the Crees and Assiniboins to the north against the Dakota nation.
  • A nomadic tribe, the Assiniboin dwelled in the transportable tipi, easily moved to follow game.
2The Siouan language of the Assiniboin.
adjective
Relating to the Assiniboin or their language.

Origin

Late 17th century: from Canadian French, from Ojibwa assini:pwa:n 'stone Sioux', from assin 'stone' + pwa:n 'Sioux'.

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