Mic·mac or Mi'k·maq (m k m k )n. pl. Micmac or Mic·macs or Mi'kmaq or Mi'k·maqs 1. a. A Native American people inhabiting Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. b. A member of this people. 2. The Algonquian language of the Micmac. |
Micmac [ˈmɪkmæk]
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1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -macs, -mac a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
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| Noun | 1. |  Micmac - a member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of CanadaAlgonquian, Algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast |
| 2. | Micmac - the Algonquian language of the Micmac Algonquian language, Algonquin, Algonquian - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains |
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