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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Algonquin \Al*gon"quin\, Algonkin \Al*gon"kin\, n. One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St Lawrence. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Algonquin adj : of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language [syn: {Algonquian}, {Algonkian}, {Algonquin}] n 1: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of E Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast [syn: {Algonquian}, {Algonquin}] 2: family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to Carolina and W to the Great Plains [syn: {Algonquian}, {Algonquin}, {Algonquian language}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Algonquin, IL (village, FIPS 685) Location: 42.16423 N, 88.30046 W Population (1990): 11663 (3975 housing units) Area: 13.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
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