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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Wig’wam’.
 
An Indian hut (America). The Knisteneaux word is wigwaum, and the Algonquin wkou-om-ut, contracted into wekouom (ou = w, as in French), whence wkwom.   1
 


 Wight (Isle of)Wild (Jonathan), 

 
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