1. Ojibwa - Noun
2. Ojibwa - Proper noun
the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa
a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior
Source: WordNetWHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. Ambrose Bierce
Another recent example is Brian Sinclair, an Ojibwa man, who in 2008 died in a Winnipeg emergency room, where he waited for 34 hours and was not seen by hospital staff who assumed he was intoxicated, or homeless, or had been previously discharged. Source: Internet
And though the Ojibwa people were very familiar with the location of the river’s beginning, it was only about 180 years ago that Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, along with his guide Chief Ozawindib, became the first European to “discover” its source. Source: Internet
Ojibwa ethnobotanist Keewaydinoquay Peschel reported its use among her people, where it was known as the miskwedo. citation citation This information was enthusiastically received by Wasson, although evidence from other sources was lacking. Source: Internet
The common name comes from the Ojibwa word maashkinoozhe, meaning "ugly pike", by way of French masque allongé (modified from the Ojibwa word by folk etymology ), "elongated face." Source: Internet
When the Iroquois withdrew and the Anishnabeg / Ojibwa / Mississaugas moved in from the north to southern Ontario, they retained the Iroquois name.sfn The first documented European to reach the lake was Étienne Brûlé in 1615. Source: Internet