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Timiskaming

noun

Meaning

  1. The lake near which the Timiskaming First Nation lives.
  2. A tribe of North American Indians.
  3. A district of Ontario, Canada.

Etymology / origin

From the Temiscaming people's spoken language. Alternate spellings from the 1700s: Temiscaming, Timiscaming, Temiscamin, Temescaming.

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