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Potawatomi

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌpɔtəˈwɑtəmi/
  • pôʹ-tə-wäʹ-tə-mē

1

name

Meaning 1

The Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

the Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language

4

noun

Meaning 4

a member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe boodawaadamii or Potawatomi Bodéwademi (“those who tend the fire”) (unsyncoped form of Bodéwadmi), from boodawaadam/bodewadm (“hearth”).

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: Potéouatamis — Native American people
  • Korean: 포타와토미 (potawatomi) — Native American people
  • Ojibwe: boodawaadamiig — Native American people
  • Ottawa: Boodewaadmiig — Native American people
  • Potawatomi: Bodéwadmik — Native American people
  • Potawatomi: Neshnabék — Native American people
  • Unami: Puteòtàm — Native American people
  • Japanese: ポタワトミ語 (Potawatomigo) — Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
  • Korean: 포타와토미어 (potawatomieo) — Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
  • Ojibwe: anishinaabemowin — Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
  • Ojibwe: boodawaadamiimowin — Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
  • Ottawa: Nishnaabemwin — Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
  • Ottawa: Boodewaadmiimwin — Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
  • Potawatomi: Bodéwadmimwen — Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
  • Potawatomi: Neshnabémwen — Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
  • Catalan: potawatomi — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Fox: Pehkînenîha — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Fox: Shîshîpêhinenîha — member of the Potawatomi people
  • French: Potéouatami — member of the Potawatomi people
  • French: Potéouatamis — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Italian: potawatomi — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Korean: 포타와토미 (potawatomi) — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Menominee: pōtawa͞etemīw — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Ojibwe: boodawaadamii — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Ojibwe: boodawaadamiig — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Ojibwe: anishinaabe — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Ojibwe: anishinaabeg — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Ottawa: Boodewaadmii — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Ottawa: Boodewaadmiig — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Ottawa: Nishnaabe — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Ottawa: Nishnaabeg — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Polish: Potawatomi — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Polish: Potawatomi — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Potawatomi: Bodéwadmi — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Potawatomi: Bodéwadmik — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Potawatomi: Neshnabé — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Potawatomi: Neshnabék — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Spanish: potawatomi — member of the Potawatomi people
  • Unami: Puteòtàm — member of the Potawatomi people