Algonquin (disambiguation)

Algonquin (disambiguation)

Algonquin is the name of a Native American tribe and some places in the United States of America and Canada:

Native Americans

* The Algonquian languages, a large phylum of Native American languages in eastern North America
* Algonquian peoples, those Native American tribes speaking Algonquian languages
* The Algonquin tribe, one tribe within the larger Algonquian group
* The Algonquin language, the language of the Algonquin tribe(In all of the above cases, spellings in "k" and "qu" are equally acceptable. The variant "Algonqui(a)n" seems to be more common in the United States, while "Algonki(a)n" seems to be more common in English Canada.)

Place names

Canada

*Algonquin Park, a provincial park in Ontario
*Algonquin Island, part of Toronto, Ontario
*South Algonquin, Ontario
*Algonquin College, located in and around Ottawa, Ontario
*Algonquin Park, Manitoba
*The Algonquin, a hotel in St. Andrews, New Brunswick

United States

*Algonquin, Illinois
*Algonquin, Maryland
*Algonquin Peak, the second highest mountain in New York state
*The Algonquin Hotel, in New York City
**The Algonquin Round Table, an assemblage of literati that met at the Algonquin Hotel
*Algonquin Regional High School, located in Northborough, Massachusetts

Other

* HMCS "Algonquin" (DDH 283), an "Iroquois"-class destroyer of the Canadian Navy
* "USS "Algonquin", the former name of the USS "Accomac" (YTL-18), a harbor tug of the United States Navy
* The Algonquin Regiment, an infantry regiment in the Canadian Forces
* Algonquin (horse), a skewbald pony belonging to the children of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
* Algonquin Hotel, New York City
* Algonquin Round Table, a group of New York intellectuals
* Algonquin Club, Boston, Massachusetts
* Algonquin, an island in the fictional Liberty City of Grand Theft Auto IV based heavily on Manhattan.


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