chippewa

IPA: tʃˈɪpʌwɑ

Root Word: Chippewa

(US) A member of the Ojibwe people.
(US) The Ojibwe language.
Any of four rivers, one each in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and a river in Ontario.

Examples of "chippewa" in Sentences

It all began in a small township of Chippewa.
The Laona area was a Potowatomi and Chippewa domicile.
It was also at that time that the name Chippewa appeared.
A section of Chippewa Street was re aligned in the process.
It was formed out of the northern portion of Chippewa County.
Minnesota Chippewa tribes get millions to solidify land ownership.
The islands are the spiritual home for the Lake Superior Chippewa.
The Chippewa used the leaves for headaches by inhaling it in a steam.
The company originated in Chippewa Falls on March 29, 1968, as Cygnet Films.
A search was organized, and a helicopter crew spotted a body in a hole in the ice on the Chippewa Flowage at 11 a.m.