noun
wigwam
WIHG-wahm
noun
1
A domed dwelling built with a frame of bent poles covered in bark, hides, or mats, traditionally used by some Native American peoples.
"The museum has a full-size replica of a traditional wigwam."
How to Use Wigwam
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA traditional dome-shaped Native American dwelling made from bent poles and bark or hide covering.
Common mistake
Often confused with a tepee, which is cone-shaped rather than domed and used by different Plains peoples.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
wigwammed past tense, wigwams plural, wigwams singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from an Eastern Algonquian word (Abenaki wigwôm or Penobscot wigwom) meaning "house."