Atikamekw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the indigenous inhabitants of the area they refer to as Nitaskinan ("Our Land") in Saint-Maurice, Quebec.
name
  1. Their language, part of the Cree subgroup of Algonquian.

Pronunciation

/ətɪkəˈmɛk/

Word forms

Atikamekw

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Nehirowimowin Nehiromowin

Related words

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