mohican

Questions about mohican

What does mohican mean?

mohican means "a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mohican?

mohican has 3 syllables: mo-hi-can. The stress falls on "hi". In IPA it is /ˌmoʊˈhikən/.

What is another word for mohican?

Close synonyms include Mahican, Mahican. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mohican a common word?

mohican is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.