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Chippewa   /tʃˈɪpəwˌɑ/   Listen
Chippewa

noun
1.
A member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior.  Synonyms: Ojibwa, Ojibway.
2.
The Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa.  Synonyms: Ojibwa, Ojibway.





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"Chippewa" Quotes from Famous Books



... were the central nation. "People who live on the peninsula" was their Chippewa name—for they were Algonquins from the Chippewa and Ottawa country north of the Great Lakes. "Twanh-twanh," the cry of the crane, was their own name. Miamis, from the Chippewa word Omaumeg, were ...
— Boys' Book of Indian Warriors - and Heroic Indian Women • Edwin L. Sabin


Words linked to "Chippewa" :   Algonquian, Buffalo Indian, Plains Indian, Ojibway, Algonquian language, Algonquin


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