wigwam
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He introduced American words, some of them derived from Native American languages: skunk, squash, wigwam, hickory, opossum, lengthy, and presidential, Congress, and caucus, which were not relevant in England’s monarchy.”
From Fox News • Apr. 14, 2020
In this way, Chicago, which was a wigwam village and became a fort and then a boomtown, was once seen as a kind of Pacific port, our first California.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2015
Parents who want something more conventional than a wigwam but less predictable than a little cottage can find designs rooted in such surprising sources as J.R.R.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 7, 2015
When the concrete had set, the wigwam was burned.
From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2015
There was a smaller wigwam where the tools were stored.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Vocabulary lists containing wigwam
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Native American History - Introductory
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Native American History - Middle School and High School
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