Etymology

Atikamekw

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Today it means: Any of the indigenous inhabitants of the area they refer to as Nitaskinan ("Our Land") in Saint-Maurice, Quebec. Full definition →

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  1. Atikamekw · borrowed fromatikamekw“whitefish”
  2. English todayAtikamekw

Borrowed from Atikamekw atikamekw (“whitefish”); recorded as Atikamegouékhi in early documents.

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