Montagnais

noun

Mon·​ta·​gnais

¦mäntən¦yā

plural Montagnais

-ā(z)

also Montagnaises

-āz

1

: chipewyan

2

a

: an Indian people of northern Quebec, Canada

b

: a member of such people

3

: a dialect of Cree

Word History

Etymology

French, from montagne mountain, from Old French montaigne

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