Main Entry: Ma·hi·can

Pronunciation: \mə-ˈhē-kən\

Variant(s): or Mo·hi·can \mō-, mə-\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Ma·hi·can or Ma·hi·cans

Etymology: Mahican

Date: circa 1614

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