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| Ma·hi·can [ mə hkən ] (plural Ma·hi·cans) |
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1. member of Native N American confederacy: a member of a Native North American confederacy of peoples who lived in the upper Hudson River Valley of New York. Their descendants live in Wisconsin and Oklahoma.
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2. Mahican language: the Algonquian language of the Mahican people
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| [Early 17th century. < Mahican muhheakunneuw "people of the tidal water"] |
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 Ma·hi·can adjective |
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