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chippewa
name 2noun 1
Collocations
2VERB + CHIPPEWA
expressed
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A member of the Ojibwe people.
The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy. […] The Bureau observed a considerable decrease between 1910 and 1930 in the number of Chippewa reported for Michigan.
name
1
The Ojibwe language.
All of these jobs and titles could be expressed in Chippewa. It was much better than English for invention, and irony could be added to any word with a simple twist.
2
Any of four rivers, one each in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and a river in Ontario.
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Synonyms
noun — the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa
- ojibwa
- ojibway
noun — a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Supe
- ojibwa
- ojibway
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The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great La
Wiktionary02
All of these jobs and titles could be expressed in Chippewa. It was much better than English for invention, and irony could be added to any word with a simple twist.
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