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☆ Ojib·wa (ō jib′wā′, -wä′, -wə)

noun

  1. pl. Ojibwas -·was′ or Ojibwa -·wa′ a member of a North American Indian people living in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ontario
  2. the Algonquian language of this people and certain neighboring groups

Etymology: Ojibwa ojibwe, orig. name of an Ojibwa band near Sault Ste. Marie: said to be < a root meaning “puckered up,” in allusion to the style of moccasins

adjective

of the Ojibwas or their language or culture
Also Ojibway Ojib′·way′ (-wā′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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