Ojibwa

noun

1. pl. -·was′ or -·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