name
Meaning 1
An indigenous people of New England; the Mohicans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The Mohican are an Algonquian-speaking people.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Mohican
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -iːkən
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CMU ARPABET: M OW2 HH IY1 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The Mohegan people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: erroneous
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A member of this tribe; a Mohican.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A Mohegan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: erroneous
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair in the centre kept long and made to stand on end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mohawk, Mowie, Iroquois
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mahican
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language
noun
Meaning 7
a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mahican
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin
History
Etymology
From their self-designation in Mahican [Term?] (literally “people of the estuary”), though the precise meaning and etymology have been debated. Doublet of Mahican and Mohegan; compare also Mohawk.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: mohykán — Native American tribe
- Finnish: mohikaani — Native American tribe
- Greek: Μοϊκανοί (Moïkanoí) — Native American tribe
- Italian: moicano — Native American tribe
- Portuguese: moicano — Native American tribe
- Armenian: մոհիկան (mohikan) — member of tribe
- Czech: Mohykán — member of tribe
- German: Mohikaner — member of tribe
- German: Mohikanerin — member of tribe
- Greek: μοϊκανός — member of tribe
- Occitan: mohican — member of tribe
- Romanian: mohican — member of tribe
- Russian: могика́нин (mogikánin) — member of tribe
- Russian: могика́нка (mogikánka) — member of tribe
- Swedish: mohikan — member of tribe
Real reading context