a traditional dwelling of Indian peoples of E North America, consisting typically of a dome-shaped framework of poles covered with rush mats or sheets of bark
See wigwam in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(wĭgˈwŏmˌ)
noun
A Native American dwelling commonly having an arched or conical framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats.
Word History: English has adopted two words for Native American dwellings from languages in the Algonquian family. Both wigwam and wickiup come from the Algonquian root wik- (with a variant wig-), “to dwell,” to which suffixes are added. Wigwam comes from Abenaki wigwam (spelled various ways) and means “their dwelling”; wickiup comes from Fox dialect wikiyap or wikiyapi, “a dwelling, wigwam.”