Algonquin (disambiguation)

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Algonquin is the name of a Native American tribe and some places in the United States of America and Canada.

Native Americans:

• The Algonquian languages are a large phylum of Native American languages in eastern North America.
• Algonquian peoples are those Native American tribes speaking Algonquian languages.
• The Algonquin tribe is one tribe within the larger Algonquian group.
• The Algonquin language is the language of the Algonquin tribe.

(In all of the above cases, spellings in k and qu are equally acceptable. The variant Algonqui(a)n seems to be more common in the United States, while Algonki(a)n seems to be more common in English Canada.)

Place names:

• Algonquin, Illinois
• Algonquin, Maryland
• Algonquin Park is a Provincial Park in Ontario
• Algonguin Island is part of Toronto, Ontario
• Algonquin Park, Manitoba
• Algonquin Peak is the second highest mountain in New York State.
• South Algonquin, Ontario
• Algonquin College is located in and around Ottawa, Ontario.
• Algonquin Regional High School is located in Northborough, Massachusetts.
• The Algonquin Hotel is in New York City.
• The Algonquin Hotel in St-Andrews New Brunswick.

Other:

• HMCS Algonquin (DDH 283) is an Iroquois-class destroyer of the Canadian Navy.
• The Algonquin Round Table was an assemblage of literati that met at the Algonquin Hotel.
• "USS Algonquin" was the former name of the USS Accomac, a harbor tug of the United States Navy.
• The Algonquin Regiment is an infantry regiment in the Canadian Forces.