Metis

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Name

One of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada, descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, and Menominee Aboriginal people with French Canadians, Scots and English.

Noun

1. (Canada, US) A member of one of these three Canadian Aboriginal peoples.
2. (Canada) A person of mixed European and Aboriginal descent.

Έννοιες

Μήτις

Συνώνυμα

mestizo

mestiza

Μεταφράσεις

Métis

Métis

Metis

Metis

Metis

Metis

Metis

métis

mestizo

Metis

chippewa

Metide

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/meɪˈtiː(s)/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Borrowed from French métis, from Old French mestis, from Late Latin mixtīcius. Métis originally referred to Francophone and Cree-speaking descendants of the French-Catholic Red River Métis in Manitoba. Compare metis, mestizo, mustee, and Mestee.