Definition of Montagnais

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Mon·tag·nais

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NOUN:
pl. Montagnais

1. A Native American people inhabiting an extensive area in Quebec and Labrador.
2. A member of this people.
The Algonquian language of the Montagnais and Naskapi.

ETYMOLOGY:
Canadian French, from French montagne, mountain ; see Montagnard

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