Algonquian Words in English
- caribou – Mikmaq, for "snow-shoveler"
- chipmunk – Odawa, for "red squirrel"
- eskimo – Old Montagnais, for "snowshoe-netter"
- hickory – Powhatan, for "milky drink made with nuts"
- hominy – Powhatan, for "that which is treated or beaten"
- husky – Old Montagnais, variant of "eskimo"
- moccasin – Powhatan, for "shoe"
- moose – Narragansett, for "he strips off"
- mugwump – Natick, for "war leader"
- muskrat – Powhatan, for "it is red"
- opossum – Powhatan, for "white animal"
- papoose – Narragansett, for "very young"
- pecan – Cree, for "hard-shelled nut"
- pemmican – Cree, for "grease, fat"
- persimmon – Powhatan, for "fruit dried artificially"
- podunk – Podunk, for "corner of land" or "boggy place"
- powwow – Narragansett, for "to use divination" or "to dream"
- raccoon – Powhatan, for "he scratches with the hands"
- sachem – Narragansett, for "chief, ruler"
- skunk – Abenaki, for "urinating fox"
- squash – Narraganset, for "eaten"
- succotash – Narragansett, for "ear of corn"
- terrapin – Abenaki, for "turtle"
- tobaggan – Micmac, for "a sled"
- tomahawk – Powhatan, for "what is used in cutting"
- totem – Ojibwa, for "kin group"
- tuxedo – various, for "wolf"
- wampum – Narragansett, for "white string"
- wigwam – Eastern Abenaki, for "their house"
- woodchuck – Cree, for "marten"