Placenames From Mi'kmaq
- Quebec, from Mi'kmaq Gepèèg
- Gaspé Peninsula, from Mi'kmaq Gespedeg (land recently acquired)
- Gaspé, Quebec, Gespeg (land's end)
- Restigouche, from Mi'kmaq Listuguj
- Cascapédia, from Mi'kmaq kaska (broad) and pegiag (river).
- Paspébiac, from Mi'kmaq papgeg ipsigiag, meaning "split flats" or "lagoon".
- Matapédia, from Mi'kmaq matapegiag (river junction, from the parts mata (junction) and pegiag (river), referring to the Matapédia River that crosses the town just before its confluence with the Restigouche River).
- Amqui, from Mi'kmaq amqui (place of amusement or pleasure)
- Lac-Humqui, from Mi'kmaq amqui (place of amusement or pleasure)
- Sayabec, from Mi'kmaq Sakpediak
- Causapscal, from Mi'kmaq Goesôpsiag (or Gesapsgel, Gesôpsgigel), meaning "stony bottom", "swift water", or "rocky point", likely referring to the rocky river bed of the Causapscal River.
A 2012 book, by the Mi’kmaq linguist Bernie Francis and anthropologist Trudy Sable, The Language of this Land, Mi’kma’ki, "examines the relationship between Mi’kmaq language and landscape."
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