Ojibwa

noun

Ojib·​wa ō-ˈjib-(ˌ)wā 

variants or Ojibway or Ojibwe

1

plural Ojibwa or Ojibwas or Ojibway or Ojibways or Ojibwe or Ojibwes : a member of a First Nations people of the region around Lake Superior and westward

Note: The Ojibwa people are also known as Anishinabe or Chippewa.

2

: an Algonquian language of the Ojibwa people

Examples of Ojibwa in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Editor’s Pick Leonard Peltier at his home on the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwa Reservation in North Dakota. —Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 26 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

Ojibwa očipwe·, an Ojibwa band

First Known Use

1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Ojibwa

noun

Ojib·​wa

variants or Ojibway or Ojibwe

ō-ˈjib-wā

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

: a member of an Indigenous people originally of the region around Lake Superior and westward