Madawaska
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English
Etymology
Derived from Mi'kmaq matues (“porcupine”) + kak (“place”).
Proper noun
Madawaska
- A river that flows from Lake Témiscouata in Quebec to join the Saint John River at Edmundston, New Brunswick.
- A river in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin in Ontario, Canada.
- (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.
- A town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
- A community within the township of South Algonquin in Ontario, Canada.