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Potawatomi

/ˌpɔtəˈwɑtəmi/

Potawatomi noun: a member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.

Noun

Potawatomi (plural Potawatomis or Potawatomi)

  1. A member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
    • The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and...2022 May 5, Arland Thornton, Alphonse Pitawanakwat, Eric Hemenway, Lindsey Willow Smith, Linda Young DeMarco, Anishinaabe Geography in the 1930 Decennial Census—and the Use of this Geography in...

Proper noun

Potawatomi

  1. The Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi people.

Forms of Potawatomi

pluralPotawatomis
pluralPotawatomi
alternative formBodéwadmi
alternative formPotawatami
alternative formPottawatomie
alternative formPottawatomi
alternative formPottawattamie
alternative formPottawattomi

Origin of Potawatomi

Borrowed from Ojibwe boodawaadamii or Potawatomi Bodéwademi (“those who tend the fire”) (unsyncoped form of Bodéwadmi), from boodawaadam/bodewadm (“hearth”).

Words formed from Potawatomi

Questions about Potawatomi

What does Potawatomi mean?
Potawatomi means a member of a Native American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
What part of speech is Potawatomi?
Potawatomi can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Potawatomi?
Potawatomi is pronounced /ˌpɔtəˈwɑtəmi/.
What is the plural of Potawatomi?
The plural of Potawatomi is Potawatomis.

Words near Potawatomi in the dictionary

  1. potatory
  2. potatos
  3. Potatuck
  4. potatuh
  5. Potawatami
  6. Potawatomi
  7. Potawatomis
  8. potayto, potahto
  9. potbank
  10. potbanks
  11. potbellied

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