Micmac
Americanadjective
plural
Micmacs,plural
Micmacnoun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
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the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
Example Sentences
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The emerging horrors have been particularly felt within hockey, which traces its origins to Indigenous Micmac peoples playing 1600s-era “ricket” with wooden pucks in Nova Scotia.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023
Gone is the specific reference to the Micmac tribe King wrote into his novel as Jud’s explanation of the place’s origins, a more culturally sensitive choice Widmyer and Kölsch made.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2019
Selectman on Tuesday approved renaming the street Micmac Drive, a change requested by residents.
From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2014
A Micmac tribal elder previously said he approved of the name.
From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2014
In this he relates the legend connected with Ursa Major by the Micmac Indians, that “this group of stars served to mark the divisions of the night and the seasons for the Micmacs.”
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
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