caribou

/ˈkæɹəbu/

Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”; compare qalipi, “to shovel snow”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou”, literally “it shovels snow”).

name

A rural area of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
A ghost town in Boulder County, Colorado.
A city in Aroostook County, Maine.
A township and unincorporated community in Kittson County, Minnesota.

noun

Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.