Assiniboin

noun As·sin·i·boin \ə-ˈsi-nə-ˌbȯin\

plural As·sin·i·boin or As·sin·i·boins or As·sin·i·boine or As·sin·i·boines

Definition of ASSINIBOIN

: a member of an American Indian people originally of the area between the upper Missouri and middle Saskatchewan rivers

As·sin·i·boin or As·sin·i·boine \ə-ˈsi-nə-ˌbȯin\

Ojibwa dialect assini·pwa·n, literally, stone Sioux

First Known Use: 1794

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