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Atikamekw

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ətɪkəˈmɛk/

1

name

Meaning 1

Their language, part of the Cree subgroup of Algonquian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Nehirowimowin, Nehiromowin

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: atikamekweg — Algonquian language spoken by this people
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏂᏘᎧᎺᏆ (anitikamequa) — Algonquian language spoken by this people
  • Cree: ᐊᑎᑲᒣᐠᐤ ᐊᓫᐃᒭᐏᐣ (atikamekw alimwewin) — Algonquian language spoken by this people
  • Atikamekw: atikamekw nehiromowin — Algonquian language spoken by this people
  • French: atikamekw — Algonquian language spoken by this people
  • Russian: атикаме́к (atikamék) — Algonquian language spoken by this people
  • Turkish: Atikamekçe — Algonquian language spoken by this people