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Macamic

/ma.ka.mik/

proper noun/ma.ka.mik/

a city in Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada

Related: Macamicois, Macamicoise

The city is named after a nearby lake, the name of which is derived from a Algonquin compound composed of mak (“crippled, lame”) and amik (“beaver”).