Micmacs

Variant of Micmac

Micmac definition

Mic·mac (mik′mak′)

noun

  1. pl. Micmacs -·macs′ or Micmac -·mac′ a member of a North American Indian people of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
  2. the Algonquian language of this people

Etymology: Fr < Micmac miikəmax, pl. (sing. miikəmaw), a self-designation

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