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Assiniboine

/əˈsɪ.nɪ.bɔɪn/

Assiniboine noun: a member of an indigenous people related to the Sioux living in the Great Plains in the United States and Canada.

Noun

Assiniboine (plural Assiniboines or Assiniboine)

  1. A member of an indigenous people related to the Sioux living in the Great Plains in the United States and Canada.
    Synonyms:
    Hohe, Stoney

Proper noun

the Assiniboine

  1. A river in Canada

Synonyms of Assiniboine

Forms of Assiniboine

pluralAssiniboines
pluralAssiniboine

Origin of Assiniboine

Unadapted borrowing from French Assiniboine, a transcription of Ojibwe asinii-bwaan (“stone Sioux”)/ᐊᓯᓃᑇᐣ.

Words formed from Assiniboine

Questions about Assiniboine

What does Assiniboine mean?
Assiniboine means a member of an indigenous people related to the Sioux living in the Great Plains in the United States and Canada.
What part of speech is Assiniboine?
Assiniboine can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Assiniboine?
Assiniboine is pronounced /əˈsɪ.nɪ.bɔɪn/.
What is the plural of Assiniboine?
The plural of Assiniboine is Assiniboines.

Words near Assiniboine in the dictionary

  1. assinegoes
  2. assinegos
  3. assing out
  4. Assington
  5. Assiniboin
  6. Assiniboine
  7. Assiniboines
  8. Assiniboins
  9. assinico
  10. assinicoes
  11. assinicos

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