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