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Kitcisakik

/kit.si.sa.kik/

proper noun/kit.si.sa.kik/

a Native American settlement in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada

Borrowed from Algonquin Kitcisakik, derived in turn from a compound of kitci (“large, great”) and sakik (“at the mouth”). The reserve is located near a section of the Ottawa River which widens considerably.