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Mi'kmaq
Mi'kmaq
See also: Mikmaq
English
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Proper noun
Mi'kmaq
- An Aboriginal people residing in the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Quebec, and in the U.S. cities of Boston and New York City.
- The polysynthetic Eastern Algonquian language spoken by this people, closely related to Maliseet and Passamaquoddy.
See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Mi'kmaq terms
Synonyms
Translations
language
Adjective
Mi'kmaq (comparative more Mi'kmaq, superlative most Mi'kmaq)
- Of or pertaining to the Mi'kmaq people, language, or culture.
Synonyms
- Mikmaw, Mi'kmaw, Míkmaw
- *Gaspesian
References
- “Mi'kmaq” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.