proper noun/le me.ʃɛ̃/
Les Méchins (a municipality of La Matanie Regional County Municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada).
Related: Méchinois, méchinois
Uncertain, either a corruption of méchants (“the bad ones”), referring to rocks on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence around the area that make navigation difficult, or from Mi'kmaq Matsi, a monster in Mi'kmaq folklore.