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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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name
The lect (variously considered a language or a member of a group of dialects) spoken by these people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A member of a certain tribe or group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Sac
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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin
Narrower terms: Black Hawk, Makataimeshekiakiak, Keokuk
History
From French Saki, from Fox Thâkîwa, itself from athâwâwi (“yellow”) + neniwa (“man”).
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
