Dictionary

Anishinaabe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɑːnɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/
• /ˌʌnɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/
• /ˌənɪʃɪˈnɑːbeɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe anishinaabe /ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ. Doublet of Nishnaabe (from Odawa and Eastern Ojibwe) and Neshnabé (from Potawatomi).

Meanings

1. An Ojibwe, Nipissing, Algonquin, Potawatomi, or Odawa person.
   • 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 the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy. 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 Studying the 1900-1940 Attributes of Anishinaabe People, page 4:
   • In speaking about these non-Indian authors, there are a couple of more points I should make concerning my identity as an Anishinaabe scholar, both of which are related to the picture I paint of Anishinaabe culture. 2016, Lawrence W. Gross, Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being, Routledge, →ISBN, page 4:
2. (specifically) An Ojibwe, Nipissing, Algonquin, Potawatomi, or Odawa person. ▸ An Ojibwe person.
   • In Deborah McGregor's chapter, she relates key personal and professional experiences regarding Aboriginal Environmental Knowledge (AEK), based upon her own life as an Anishinaabe, as well as on conversations and interactions ... 2013, Andrejs Kulnieks, Dan Roronhiakewen Longboat, Young Young, Contemporary Studies in Environmental and Indigenous Pedagogies: A Curricula of Stories and Place, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 2:
3. (rare, uncommon) Synonym of Anishinaabemowin (“Anishinaabe language(s)”)

Forms

Deriveds

Nish

Relateds

Nishnaabe · Neshnabé · Anishinaabemowin

Synonyms

Anishinaabemowin

Translations (11)

fr Anichinabée (member of Anishinaabe people(s)) · fr Anichinabées (member of Anishinaabe people(s)) · fr Anichinabés (member of Anishinaabe people(s)) · otw nishnaabe (member of Anishinaabe people(s)) · fr Anichinabé (member of Anishinaabe people(s)) · otw nishnaabeg (member of Anishinaabe people(s)) · oj anishinaabe (member of Anishinaabe people(s)) · pot Neshnabé (member of Anishinaabe people(s)) · pot Neshnabék (member of Anishinaabe people(s)) · oj anishinaabeg (member of Anishinaabe people(s)) · pl Anishinaabe (member of Anishinaabe people(s))