Montagnaises

Variant of Montagnais

Montagnais definition

Mon·ta·gnais (män′tən yā′)

noun

  1. pl. Montagnais -·gnais′ (-yā′, -yāz′) or Montagnaises -·gnaises′ (-yāz′) a member of a North American Indian people of N Quebec
  2. the Algonquian language of this people

Etymology: Fr, lit., mountaineer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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