[æl'gɔŋkwiәn]
n.
阿尔冈琴语系(北美印第安语言)

Algonquian \Al*gon"qui*an\, a.
Pertaining to or designating the most extensive of the
linguistic families of North American Indians, their
territory formerly including practically all of Canada east
of the 115th meridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the part
of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of
Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory
occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly
100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the
strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees,
Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n. An Algonquian
Indian.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]