Algonquin or Algonquian—and the variation Algonki(a)n—may refer to:

Languages and peoples

  • Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia
  • Algonquin language, the language of the Algonquin people in Canada, for which the Algonquian languages group is named
  • Algonquian peoples, Indigenous tribes of North America composed of people who speak the Algonquian languages
  • Algonquin people, a subgroup of Algonquian people who speak the Algonquin language and live in Quebec and Ontario, Canada

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Arts and media

  • Algonquin (film), a 2013 Canadian film
  • Algonquin Books, an imprint of Workman Publishing Company
  • Algonquin, a fictional island, based on Manhattan, in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
  • A dog from the 1988 film Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Buildings and institutions

  • The Algonquin, a hotel in St. Andrews, New Brunswick
  • Algonquin Club, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Algonquin Hotel, New York City
  • Algonquin Round Table, a group of New York writers, critics, actors and wits who regularly congregated at the Algonquin Hotel
  • Algonquin Power & Utilities, a utility company operating in North America
  • Algonquin Radio Observatory, a radio telescope research facility in the Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
  • Algonquin Regional High School, located in Northborough, Massachusetts
  • Algonquin College, a college in Ontario, Canada

Military

  • French ship Algonquin (1753), ship built in Quebec City, New France
  • The Algonquin Regiment (Northern Pioneers), an infantry regiment in the Canadian Forces
  • HMCS Algonquin, at least two ships of the Canadian Navy
  • USAHS Algonquin, a 1926 hospital ship of the United States Army Transportation Service
  • USS Algonquin, at least three ships of the United States Navy

Places

  • Glacial Lake Algonquin, a North American proglacial lake at the time of the last ice age

Canada

  • Algonquin, Ontario, a community in the township of Augusta
  • Algonquin Highlands, Ontario, a township
  • South Algonquin, Ontario, a township
  • Algonquin Provincial Park, a provincial park in Ontario
  • Algonquin Island, one of the Toronto Islands in Ontario

United States

  • Algonquin, Illinois
  • Algonquin Township, McHenry County, Illinois
  • Algonquin, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Algonquin, Maryland
  • Algonquin, Michigan
  • Algonkian Regional Park, Virginia
  • Algonquin Peak, the second highest mountain in New York state
  • "Algonquin", A 12,574' peak in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
  • "Algonquin", also a small Northwestern community located in the city limits of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Court cases

  • Fed. Energy Admin. v. Algonquin SNG, Inc., a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that confirmed the President's broad authority to regulate foreign trade, specifically by using fees and tariffs, when national security is at risk.

See also

  • Algonquian language (disambiguation)
  • Virginia Algonquian (disambiguation)

References