Etymology

Chicoutimi

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Today it means: A former municipality and largest borough of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. Full definition →

French Chicoutimi ← Montagnais eshko-timiw
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  1. Montagnais · derived fromeshko-timiw“end of the deep water”
  2. French · borrowed fromChicoutimi
  3. English todayChicoutimi

From French Chicoutimi, from Montagnais eshko-timiw (“end of the deep water”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.