Saulteaux
English
Etymology
From French saulteux, or French saulteurs, from French sault (“waterfall”) in reference to Sault Ste. Marie (then called Sault de Gaston) where the French first encountered them.
Noun
Saulteaux pl (plural only)
- an indigenous nation from the northern Great Plains and southern Canadian Shield, the Westernmost branch of the Ojibwe or Anishnaabe
Proper noun
Saulteaux
- the language of this nation
Translations
nation
language
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See also
- Hypernyms:Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwa, Chippewa, Baawitigong
- Synonyms: Plains Ojibwa, Sault Indians, Sotoos, Nahkawininiwak, Nakawē (people), Nakawēmowin (language)
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