Mahican

3 ENTRIES FOUND:

Ma·hi·can

noun \mə-ˈhē-kən\
plural Ma·hi·can or Ma·hi·cans

Definition of MAHICAN

1
: a member of an American Indian people of the upper Hudson River valley
2
: the extinct Algonquian language of the Mahican people

Variants of MAHICAN

Ma·hi·can or Mo·hi·can \mō-, mə-\

Origin of MAHICAN

Mahican
First Known Use: circa 1614

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