Chippewa

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Chippewa River

Alternative forms

Chippeway, Chippewe

Etymology

From Ojibwe ojibwe (“Ojibwe”)/ᐅᒋᑉᐌ, specifically an eastern dialect with a reduced initial vowel. Compare earlier Ojibwa. Attested in English from the mid 18th century.

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)

Noun

Chippewa (plural Chippewas or Chippewa)

(US) A member of the Ojibwe people.
- 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, pages 4, 18:
  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. […] The Bureau observed a considerable decrease between 1910 and 1930 in the number of Chippewa reported for Michigan.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Chippewa

(US) The Ojibwe language.
- 2020, Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman, Corsair (2021), page 119:
  All of these jobs and titles could be expressed in Chippewa. It was much better than English for invention, and irony could be added to any word with a simple twist.
Any of four rivers, one each in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and a river in Ontario.

Translations

Ojibwe — see Ojibwe

References

“Chippewa, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March, 2019.