Metis

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

Metis

Metide

sinonimi

mestizo

mestiza

Traduzioni

Métis

Métis

Metis

Metis

Metis

Μήτις

Metis

Metis

métis

mestizo

chippewa

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/meɪˈtiː(s)/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.