Algonquian

UK: /ælˈɡɒŋkɪən/ US: (al gong′kē ən, -kwē ən)

Inflections of 'Algonquian' (n):

Algonquians

npl (All usages)

Algonquian

npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "These lands were once entirely inhabited by Algonquian.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

Al•gon•qui•an  (al gong′kē ən, -kwē ən), n., pl. -ans, (esp. collectively) -an for 2, adj. 
n. 

1. Language Varieties a family of languages spoken now or formerly by American Indians in an area extending from Labrador westward to the Rocky Mountains, west-southwestward through Michigan and Illinois, and southwestward along the Atlantic coast to Cape Hatteras, including esp. Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cree, Fox, Massachusett, Micmac, Ojibwa, and Powhatan. Cf. family (def. 14).
2. Language Varieties a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe.

adj. 

3. Language Varieties of or pertaining to Algonquian or its speakers.

Also, Algonkian, Algonkin, Algonquin. 

• Algonqui(n) + -an 1885–90, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

Algonquian / ælˈɡɒŋkɪən -kwɪ-/, Algonkian noun

1. a family of North American languages whose speakers ranged over an area stretching from the Atlantic between Newfoundland and Delaware to the Rocky Mountains, including Micmac, Mahican, Ojibwa, Fox, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, and Shawnee. Some linguists relate it to Muskogean in a Macro-Algonquian phylum
2. ( -ans, -an) a member of any of the indigenous North American peoples that speak one of these languages

adjective

1. denoting, belonging to, or relating to this linguistic family or its speakers