(亦作Algonkin /-kɪn/)
1
- a member of an American Indian people living in Canada along the Ottawa River and its tributaries and westward to the north of Lake Superior阿尔冈昆人（居住在加拿大渥太华河及其支流沿岸, 西至苏必利尔湖北部的美洲印第安人）。
2
- mass noun the Algonquian language of this people, with about 3,000 speakers阿尔冈昆语（有约3,000使用者）。
- of or relating to this people or their language（与）阿尔冈昆人（有关）的, （与）阿尔冈昆语（有关）的。
USAGE
The terms Algonquin and Algonquian do not mean the same thing. Algonquian refers to a large family of languages， of which Algonquin is a specific member. Algonquin is also the term used for the American Indian people speaking the Algonquin language.
词源
French， contraction of obsolete Algoumequin, from a Micmac word meaning 'at the place of spearing fish and eels'.