Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wannigan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wan-ni-gan
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.

Etymology

From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”); compare klahigan (“wooden trap”). Compare Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”) and English wammikin (also from Algonquian).

Inflected Forms

wannigans (plural)

Synonyms

camp box chuck box grub box patrol box

Questions

What does wannigan mean?: A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.
Where does wannigan come from?: From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”); compare klahigan (“wooden trap”). Compare Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”) and English wammikin (also from Algonquian).

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