Main Entry:

Ojib·wa

Variant(s):

or Ojib·way or Ojib·we \ō-ˈjib-(ˌ)wā\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Ojibwa or Ojibwas or Ojibway or Ojibways or Ojibwe or Ojibwes

Etymology:

Ojibwa očipwe·, an Ojibwa band

Date:

1700

1 : a member of an American Indian people of the region around Lake Superior and westward 2 : an Algonquian language of the Ojibwa people