Algonquian
noun /ælˈɡɒŋkwiən/, /ælˈɡɒŋkiən/
/ælˈɡɑːŋkwiən/, /ælˈɡɑːŋkiən/
[uncountable]- a large family of North American Indian languagesWord Originfrom Algonquin (French, contraction of obsolete Algoumequin, from a Micmac word meaning ‘at the place of spearing fish and eels’) + -ian. Micmac is an Algonquian language.