Ojibwa

noun

Ojib·​wa ō-ˈjib-(ˌ)wā 

variants or Ojibway or Ojibwe

1

plural Ojibwa or Ojibwas or Ojibway or Ojibways or Ojibwe or Ojibwes : a member of a First Nations people of the region around Lake Superior and westward

Note: The Ojibwa people are also known as Anishinabe or Chippewa.

2

: an Algonquian language of the Ojibwa people

Word History

Etymology

Ojibwa očipwe·, an Ojibwa band

First Known Use

1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Ojibwa

noun

Ojib·​wa

variants or Ojibway or Ojibwe

ō-ˈjib-wā

plural Ojibwa or Ojibwas or Ojibway or Ojibways or Ojibwe or Ojibwes

: a member of an Indigenous people originally of the region around Lake Superior and westward