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:

Contents 1 Native Americans 2 Place names 2.1 Canada 2.2 United States 3 Other

[edit] Native Americans

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

[edit] Place names

[edit] Canada

• Algonquin Park, a provincial park in Ontario
• Algonquin Island, part of Toronto, Ontario
• South Algonquin, Ontario
• Algonquin College, located in and around Ottawa, Ontario
• Algonquin Park, Manitoba
• The Algonquin, a hotel in St. Andrews, New Brunswick

[edit] United States

• Algonquin, Illinois
• Algonquin, Maryland
• Algonquin Peak, the second highest mountain in New York state
• The Algonquin Hotel, in New York City
  • The Algonquin Round Table, an assemblage of literati that met at the Algonquin Hotel
• Algonquin Regional High School, located in Northborough, Massachusetts

[edit] Other

• HMCS Algonquin (DDH 283), an Iroquois-class destroyer of the Canadian Navy
• "USS Algonquin", the former name of the USS Accomac (YTL-18), a harbor tug of the United States Navy
• The Algonquin Regiment, an infantry regiment in the Canadian Forces
• Algoquin (horse), a skewbald pony belonging to the children of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
• Algonquin Hotel, New York City
• Algonquin Round Table, a group of New York intellectuals
• Algonquin Club, Boston, Massachusetts
• Algonquin, an island in the fictional Liberty City of Grand Theft Auto IV.