(亦作Algonkian /-kɪən/)
- denoting, belonging to, or relating to a large family of North American Indian languages formerly spoken across a vast area from the Atlantic seaboard to the Great Lakes and the Great Plains, and including Ojibwa, Cree, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, and DeLaware. Many words in English have been adopted from these languages, e.g. moccasin, moose, and toboggan.（与）阿尔冈昆语系（有关）的（北美印第安各语言, 旧时在从大西洋沿海到五大湖区和大平原地带的大片地域使用, 包括奥吉布瓦语、克里语、布莱克福特语、夏延语和特拉华语; 许多英语词汇都是从这些语言中吸收采用而来的, 如moccasin, moose和toboggan）。
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