Mohican

Multiple Entries:
  Mohican    Mahican    Mohegan  

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Mohican1 /məʊˈhiːk(ə)n, ˈməʊɪk(ə)n/

▶noun a hairstyle with the head shaved except for a central strip of hair from the forehead to the back of the neck, typically made to stand erect.

– origin 1960s: erroneously assoc. with the American Indian people; cf. Huron.

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Mohican2 /məʊˈhiːk(ə)n/

▶adjective & noun old-fashioned variant of Mahican or Mohegan.

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Mahican /ˈmahɪk(ə)n/ (also Mohican)

▶noun

• 1 a member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting the Upper Hudson Valley in New York State. Compare with Mohegan.

• 2 the extinct Algonquian language of the Mahicans.

▶adjective relating to the Mahicans.

– origin the name in Mahican, said to mean ‘wolf’.

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Mohegan /məʊˈhiːg(ə)n/ (also Mohican)

▶noun (pl. same or Mohegans)

• 1 a member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting western parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Compare with Mahican.

• 2 the extinct Algonquian language of the Mohegan.

▶adjective relating to the Mohegan or their language.

– origin from Mohegan, lit. ‘people of the tidal waters’.