Adirondack

发音

UK /ˌædɪˈɹɒndæk/
US /ˌædɪˈɹɑndæk/

词形变化

Adirondacks 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.

  2. 1.

    Abbreviation of Adirondack lean-to.

name
  1. 1.

    The Adirondacks (as a region).

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词源

From the Mohawk ratirontaks, atirú:taks, hatiron'taks (“they eat trees”), a term applied by the Mohawks indiscriminately to other tribes, including the French and English, but especially other Native Americans who ate bark and buds when other food sources were scarce.

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