different between wigwam vs hogan

English

Etymology

From Western Abenaki wigwôm or Eastern Abenaki (Penobscot) wigwom (both meaning "house"), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·?mi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w??w??m/

Noun

wigwam (plural wigwams)

1. A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.
2. (possibly dated) Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world.
   • 1845 edition, Charles Darwin, Journal and Remarks (The Voyage of the Beagle):

     The Fuegian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a haycock. It merely consists of a few broken branches stuck in the ground, and very imperfectly thatched on one side with a few tufts of grass and rushes.

Translations

Derived terms

• wigwam for a goose's bridle

Verb

wigwam (third-person singular simple present wigwams, present participle wigwamming, simple past and past participle wigwammed)

1. (transitive) To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam.

See also

• other traditional Native American dwellings:
  • hogan (used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States)
  • igloo (used by the Inuit, made of snow)
  • teepee (used in the Great Plains)
  • tupik (used by the Inuit during the summer)
  • wetu (used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States)
  • wickiup (used in the southwestern and western United States)
  • wigwam (used in the northeastern United States)

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English wigwam.

Noun

wigwam m (invariable)

1. wigwam

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wigwam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?i?.vam/

Noun

wigwam m inan

1. wigwam

Declension

Usage notes

• Sometimes incorrectly used to refer to a teepee.

Potawatomi

Noun

wigwam

1. house

References

• Donald Perrot (2017) Memejek Ebodewadmimyak: Mnokmek, Amazon.com

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Navajo hooghan (“dwelling, house”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ho?.??n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

hogan (plural hogans)

1. A one-room Navajo dwelling or ceremonial lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud.

Translations

See also

• other traditional Native American dwellings:
  • hogan (used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States)
  • igloo (used by the Inuit, made of snow)
  • teepee (used in the Great Plains)
  • tupik (used by the Inuit during the summer)
  • wetu (used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States)
  • wickiup (used in the southwestern and western United States)
  • wigwam (used in the northeastern United States)

Anagrams

• Hoang

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ho????n/

Noun

hogan m (plural hogin)

1. haw (fruit of the hawthorn)

   Synonyms: hogro, perigoù-Doue, perigoù-spern

Welsh

Alternative forms

• hogen

Etymology

Northwest Walian pronunciation of hogen (“little girl”), where e in a final unstressed syllable is commonly pronounced a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??an/

Noun

hogan m (plural gennod or hogennod, not mutable)

1. (North Wales) girl

   Synonym: merch

Coordinate terms

• (gender): hogyn (“boy”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “hogan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies