Definitions for mahicanməˈhi kən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Ma•hi•canməˈhi kən(n.)(pl.)-cans; -can.

  1. a member of an American Indian people who lived in the middle and upper Hudson River valley in the 17th century.

    Category: Peoples

  2. the extinct Eastern Algonquian language of the Mahican.

    Category: Peoples

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Mohican, Mahican(noun)

    a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic

  2. Mohican, Mahican(noun)

    the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican


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