Algonquin or Algonquian—and the variation Algonki(a)n—may refer to:
Languages and peoples
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Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages ( or ; also Algonkian) are a subfamily of Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous American languages that include most languages in the Algic languages, Algic language family. The name of the Algonquian language f ...
, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia
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Algonquin language
Algonquin (also spelled Algonkin; in Algonquin: or ) is either a distinct Algonquian language closely related to the Ojibwe language or a particularly divergent Ojibwe dialect. It is spoken, alongside French and to some extent English, by th ...
, the language of the Algonquin people in Canada, for which the Algonquian languages group is named
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Algonquian peoples
The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups. Historically, the peoples were prominent along the Atlantic Coast and into the interior along the Saint Lawrence River and around the Great Lakes. T ...
, indigenous tribes of North America composed of people who speak the Algonquian languages
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Algonquin people
The Algonquin people are an Indigenous people who now live in Eastern Canada. They speak the Algonquin language, which is part of the Algonquian language family. Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Odawa, Potawato ...
, a subgroup of Algonquian people who speak the Algonquin language and live in Quebec and Ontario, Canada
Arts and media
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''Algonquin'' (film), a 2013 Canadian film
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Algonquin Books
Workman Publishing Company, Inc., is an American publisher of trade books founded by Peter Workman. The company is comprised of either imprints: Workman, Workman Children’s, Workman Calendars, Artisan, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill and Algon ...
, an imprint of Workman Publishing Company
*Algonquin, a fictional island, based on
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
, in the video game ''
Grand Theft Auto IV
''Grand Theft Auto IV'' is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sixth main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2004's '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', and the ...
''
*A dog from the 1988 film ''
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark''
Buildings and institutions
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The Algonquin
The Algonquin Resort is a Canadian coastal resort hotel in the Tudor Revival style, located in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. An architectural icon of New Brunswick, the hotel is the most famous symbol of St. Andrews and one of the most photograph ...
, a hotel in St. Andrews, New Brunswick
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Algonquin Club
The Algonquin Club of Boston, also known as The Quin House, is a private social club in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1886. Originally a business-themed gentlemen's club, it is now open to men and women of all races, religions, and national ...
, Boston, Massachusetts
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Algonquin Hotel
The Algonquin Hotel is a hotel at 59 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The 181-room hotel, opened in 1902, was designed by architect Goldwin Starrett for the Puritan Realty Company. The hotel has hosted numer ...
, New York City
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Algonquin Round Table
The Algonquin Round Table was a group of New York City writers, critics, actors, and wits. Gathering initially as part of a practical joke, members of "The Vicious Circle", as they dubbed themselves, met for lunch each day at the Algonquin Hotel ...
, a group of New York writers, critics, actors and wits who regularly congregated at the Algonquin Hotel
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Algonquin Power & Utilities
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a Canadian renewable energy and regulated utility conglomerate with assets across North America. Algonquin actively invests in hydroelectric, wind and solar power facilities, and utility businesses (water, nat ...
, a utility company operating in North America
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Algonquin Radio Observatory
The Algonquin Radio Observatory (ARO) is a radio observatory located in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1959 in order to host a number of the National Research Council of Canada's (NRC) ongoing experiments in a more ra ...
, a radio telescope research facility in the Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
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Algonquin Regional High School, located in Northborough, Massachusetts
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Algonquin College
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology is a publicly funded English-language college located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The college serves the National Capital Region and the outlying areas of Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec, and Upst ...
, a college in Ontario, Canada
Military
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French ship ''Algonquin'' (1753), ship built in Quebec City, New France
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The Algonquin Regiment (Northern Pioneers)
The Algonquin Regiment (Northern Pioneers) is a primary reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army comprising two companies. A Company is located in North Bay, Ontario, and B Company is located in Timmins, Ontario. The regiment fall ...
, an infantry regiment in the Canadian Forces
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HMCS ''Algonquin'', at least two ships of the Canadian Navy
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USAHS ''Algonquin'', a 1926 hospital ship of the United States Army Transportation Service
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USS ''Algonquin'', at least three ships of the United States Navy
Places
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Glacial Lake Algonquin
Lake Algonquin was a prehistoric proglacial lake that existed in east-central North America at the time of the last ice age. Parts of the former lake are now Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Nipigon, and Lake Nipis ...
, a North American proglacial lake at the time of the last ice age
Canada
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Algonquin, Ontario, a community in the township of Augusta
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Algonquin Highlands
Algonquin Highlands is a township located in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 2,351. The northeastern section of the township is included in Algonquin Provincial Park.
The township was formed through the amalgamation of ...
, Ontario, a township
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South Algonquin, Ontario
South Algonquin is a Township (Canada)#Ontario, township municipality in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. Located south of Algonquin Provincial Park, it is the sole populated portion of the district that lies ''south'' of the traditional divi ...
, a township
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Algonquin Provincial Park
Algonquin Provincial Park is a provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in Ontario, Canada, mostly within the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Cana ...
, a provincial park in Ontario
*Algonquin Island, one of the
Toronto Islands
The Toronto Islands are a chain of 15 small islands in Lake Ontario, south of mainland Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Comprising the only group of islands in the western part of Lake Ontario, the Toronto Islands are located just offshore from the ...
in Ontario
United States
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Algonquin, Illinois
Algonquin is a village in McHenry and Kane counties, Illinois, in the United States. It is a suburb of Chicago, located approximately northwest of the Loop. As of the 2020 census, the village's population was 29,700.
The village is known as " ...
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Algonquin Township, McHenry County, Illinois
Algonquin Township is located in McHenry County, Illinois, with the township office in the city of Crystal Lake. As of the 2020 census, its population was 87,633 and it contained 33,960 housing units. It is the largest township by population in M ...
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Algonquin, Louisville
Algonquin is a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Hill street to the north, Cypress Street to the west, CSX tracks to the east, and Bernheim Lane and Algonquin Parkway to the south. It was established in the 1 ...
, Kentucky
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Algonquin, Maryland
Algonquin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,241 at the 2010 census. The community was named for the Algonquin people, one of the Native American tribes in the East.
Geography
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Algonquin, Michigan
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Algonkian Regional Park Algonkian Regional Park is located on the Potomac River in Sterling, Virginia at Cascades, Virginia. The 838-acre park is owned and operated by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NOVA Parks) and contains open fields, picnic shelters, ...
, Virginia
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Algonquin Peak
Algonquin Peak is in the MacIntyre Range in the town of North Elba, in Essex County, New York. It is the second highest mountain in New York,Goodwin, Tony, and David Thomas-Train, Editors. ''High Peaks Trails'', 14th Edition. Lake George, NY ...
, the second highest mountain in New York state
*"Algonquin", A 12,574' peak in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
*"Algonquin", also a small Northwestern community located in the city limits of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
See also
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Algonquian language (disambiguation) Algonquian language may refer to:
* Algonquian languages, language sub-family indigenous to North America
* Algonquin language
Algonquin (also spelled Algonkin; in Algonquin: or ) is either a distinct Algonquian language closely related to th ...
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Virginia Algonquian (disambiguation) Virginia Algonquian may refer to:
* Powhatan, also known as Virginia Algonquians, are a Native American tribe Indigenous to Virginia, U.S.
* Powhatan language
Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian was an Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian ...
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