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Madawaska

Madawaska proper noun: a river that flows from Lake Témiscouata in Quebec to join the Saint John River at Edmundston, New Brunswick.

Proper noun

Madawaska

  1. A river that flows from Lake Témiscouata in Quebec to join the Saint John River at Edmundston, New Brunswick.
  2. A river in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin in Ontario, Canada.
  3. (historical) (full name: Republic of Madawaska) An unrecognized state in what is now the northwestern corner of Madawaska County, New Brunswick, and adjacent areas of Aroostook County in the US state of Maine and of Quebec.
  4. A community within the township of South Algonquin in Ontario, Canada.
  5. A town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, across the St. John River from Canada, opposite the Madawaska River at Edmundston.

Origin of Madawaska

Derived from Mi'kmaq matues (“porcupine”) + kak (“place”).

Words formed from Madawaska

Questions about Madawaska

What does Madawaska mean?
Madawaska means a river that flows from Lake Témiscouata in Quebec to join the Saint John River at Edmundston, New Brunswick.
What part of speech is Madawaska?
Madawaska is a proper noun.

Words near Madawaska in the dictionary

  1. madaris
  2. Madarises
  3. madarosis
  4. madarotic
  5. Madas
  6. Madawaska
  7. Madawaska County
  8. Madawaska Valley
  9. Madawaskan
  10. Madawaskans
  11. Maday

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