Etymology

Timiskaming

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Today it means: A tribe of North American Indians. Full definition →

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The story

From the Temiscaming people's spoken language. Alternate spellings from the 1700s: Temiscaming, Timiscaming, Temiscamin, Temescaming.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.