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- noun Alternative form of
Mi'kmaq .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada
- noun the Algonquian language of the Micmac
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Examples
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Others have traced it to the Micmac akade, meaning a place where something abounds.
The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline 1898
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"Micmac" Indians, for Prof. Lee has spent his enforced leisure in putting in anthropometric work among them, inducing braves, squaws and papooses of both sexes to mount the trunk that served as a measuring block and go through the ordeal of having their height, standing and sitting, stretch of arms, various diameters of head and peculiarities of the physiognomy taken down.
Bowdoin Boys in Labrador An Account of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador led by Prof. Leslie A. Lee of the Biological Department Jonathan Prince Cilley 1877
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[Footnote: This word (Acadia) has sometimes been traced to the Micmac akade, which, appended to place-names, signifies an abundance of something.
The Founder of New France : A chronicle of Champlain Charles William Colby 1911
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The Micmac called themselves megumawaach ` perfect men 'and migmac ` allies'; the Maliseet called them micmac ` porcupine people 'and mi k'am in Maliseet meant both "Micmac" and
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My experiences with the Lakota, Ojibwa, Cree, Crow, Cheyenne, and Micmac medicine traditions taught that you must sincerely pray and often fast before knowing whether you should seek a vision.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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“There is no Indian,” said a Micmac chief, “who does not consider himself infinitely more happy and more powerful than the French.”
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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“There is no Indian,” said a Micmac chief, “who does not consider himself infinitely more happy and more powerful than the French.”
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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“There is no Indian,” said a Micmac chief, “who does not consider himself infinitely more happy and more powerful than the French.”
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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The Micmac scoffed at the notion of French superiority.
1491 « Gerry Canavan 2009
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Ancient Micmac folklore suggested that the extraordinarily high tides in the Bay of Fundy were caused by a mighty whale that splashed its tail into the water with such a force that the water continues to slosh back and forth from the impact, even to this day.
Atlantic Ocean 2008
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