Mi'kmaq
Americannoun
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Also called Mi’kmaw. a member of a North American Indian people now living mostly in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
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the Algonquian language of these people.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Mi'kmaq
First recorded in 1755–65; from French Micmac, from Mi'kmaq m'ikmaq “allies”
Example Sentences
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"As a child, Buffy's adoptive mother self-identified as part Mi'kmaq but knew little about indigenous culture."
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023
Lemay was born into hardship in Toronto, with roots in African-Canadian culture and among the Mi’kmaq peoples of Canada’s East Coast.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023
That settlement for the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot and Maliseet, along with a 1991 agreement for the Mi’kmaq, put the tribes in Maine on a different path from tribes elsewhere across the country.
From Washington Times • May 31, 2023
Hoover said that she grew up in rural upstate New York thinking she was someone of mixed Mohawk, Mi’kmaq, French, English, Irish and German descent, and attending food summits and powwows.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023
The Mi’kmaq in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia scoffed at the notion of European superiority.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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