"Loup" meaning in English

See Loup in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From French loup (“wolf”): the language was attested in a notebook titled Mots loups ("wolf words") compiled by Jean-Claude Mathevet, a priest who worked among the Algonquians. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|loup||wolf}} French loup (“wolf”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Loup
  1. The extinct Algonquian language varieties once spoken in colonial New England. Derived forms: Loup City, named after the Loup River, Loup County
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