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Saint-Sixte

/sɛ̃.sikst/

proper noun/sɛ̃.sikst/

a municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada

Related: Saint-Sixtois, Saint-Sixtoise

The municipality is named after a nearby lake, the name of which has Native American origins. The hydronym was gradually transformed into the name of Pope Sixtus II (d. 258).