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madawaska

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
madawas-ka
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river that flows from Lake Témiscouata in Quebec to join the Saint John River at Edmundston, New Brunswick.

name

A river in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin in Ontario, Canada.

name

(full name: Republic of Madawaska) An unrecognized state in what is now the northwestern corner of Madawaska County, New Brunswick, and adjacent areas of Aroostook County in the US state of Maine and of Quebec.

name

A community within the township of South Algonquin in Ontario, Canada.

name

A town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, across the St. John River from Canada, opposite the Madawaska River at Edmundston.

Etymology

Derived from Mi'kmaq matues (“porcupine”) + kak (“place”).

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Madawaskan

Phrases

Madawaska County Madawaska Valley

Questions

What does madawaska mean?
A river that flows from Lake Témiscouata in Quebec to join the Saint John River at Edmundston, New Brunswick.
Where does madawaska come from?
Derived from Mi'kmaq matues (“porcupine”) + kak (“place”).

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