atikamekw

/ətɪkəˈmɛk/

Etymology

Borrowed from Atikamekw atikamekw (“whitefish”); recorded as Atikamegouékhi in early documents.

atikamekw means Their language, part of the Cree subgroup of Algonquian. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.

name

Any of the indigenous inhabitants of the area they refer to as Nitaskinan ("Our Land") in Saint-Maurice, Quebec.