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| As·sin·i·boin [ ə sínnə bòyn ] (plural As·sin·i·boin or As·sin·i·boins) or As·sin·i·boine [ ə sínnə bòyn ] (plural As·sin·i·boine or As·sin·i·boines) |
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1. member of Native N American people: a member of a Native North American people who once lived in the northern Great Plains, and who now live mainly in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Montana
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2. Native N American language: a Siouan language spoken in southern and western Canada and in Montana by the Assiniboin
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| [Late 17th century. Via Canadian French< Ojibwa assini:-pwa:n "stone Sioux"] |
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 As·sin·i·boin adjective |
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