English Explanatory Dictionary

caribou

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
name
  1. A rural area of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  2. A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
  3. A ghost town in Boulder County, Colorado.
  4. A city in Aroostook County, Maine.
  5. A township and unincorporated community in Kittson County, Minnesota.

Pronunciation

kăr'ĭ-bū /ˈkæɹəbu/ /ˈkærɪbuː/ en-us-caribou.ogg

Word forms

caribou caribous

Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”; compare qalipi, “to shovel snow”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou”, literally “it shovels snow”).

Related words

Caribou County

Derived words

barren-ground caribou boreal woodland caribou Caribou County caribouskin carideer Dawson's caribou East Greenland caribou forest caribou Grant's caribou Labrador caribou Newfoundland caribou Osborn's caribou Peary caribou porcupine caribou Queen Charlotte Islands caribou woodland caribou
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