Editing Mi'kmaq language (section)

==Placenames==
* Placenames ending in Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|Quoddy}}, a word used by the natives to designate a fertile area like Passamaquoddy, Shubenacadie and Tracadie.
* [[Amqui]], from Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|amqui}} (place of amusement or pleasure)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=1250 |title=Amqui (ville) |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |access-date=2012-01-30 |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[Aroostook County]], from Miꞌkmaq meaning 'beautiful/clear water'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Aroostook|title = Aroostook &#124; county, Maine, United States &#124; Britannica}}</ref>
*[[Bouctouche]], from Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|Tjipogtotjg}} (pronounced ''Chebooktoosk'')  meaning 'great little harbour'
* [[Cascapédia–Saint-Jules|Cascapédia]], from Miꞌkmaq {{transliteration|mic|kaska}} ('broad') and {{transliteration|mic|pegiag}} ('river').
* [[Causapscal]], from Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|Goesôpsiag}} (or {{lang|mic|Gesapsgel}}, {{lang|mic|Gesôpsgigel}}), meaning 'stony bottom', 'swift water', or 'rocky point', likely referring to the rocky river bed of the Causapscal River.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=341124 |title=Causapscal (Ville) |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |access-date=2012-01-31 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[Gaspé Peninsula]], from Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|Gespedeg}} ('land recently acquired')
* [[Gaspé, Quebec]], {{lang|mic|Gespeg}} ('land's end')
* [[Kouchibouguac, New Brunswick]], from Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|Pijeboogwek}} ('river of long tides')<ref name="Hamilton1996">{{cite book|author=William Baillie Hamilton|title=Place Names of Atlantic Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAvyE0pN5akC&pg=PA91|year=1996|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-7570-3|page=91}}</ref>
* Matapédia, from Miꞌkmaq {{transliteration|mic|matapegiag}} ('river junction', from the parts {{lang|mic|mata}} ('junction') and {{transliteration|mic|pegiag}} ('river'), referring to the [[Matapedia River]] that crosses the town just before its confluence with the [[Restigouche River]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=39702 |title=Matapédia (Municipalité) |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |access-date=2012-01-12 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[Paspébiac]], from Miꞌkmaq {{transliteration|mic|papgeg ipsigiag}}, meaning 'split [[Mudflat|flats]]' or 'lagoon'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=353831 |title=Paspébiac (Ville) |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |access-date=2011-12-29 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[Quebec City|Quebec]], from Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|Gepèèg}}
* [[Restigouche County, New Brunswick|Restigouche]], from Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|Listuguj}}
* [[Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui, Quebec|Lac-Humqui]], from Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|amqui}} (place of amusement or pleasure)
* [[Sayabec]], from Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|Sakpediak}}
* [[Shediac]], from Miꞌkmaq {{lang|mic|Es-ed-ei-ik}}, which means 'running far in' (in reference to the tide, which has a long range over the shallow, sandy beaches)
* [[Tatamagouche]], from {{lang|mic|Takamegoochk}}, which means 'barred across the entrance with sand'.

A 2012 book, by the Miꞌkmaq linguist Bernie Francis and anthropologist Trudy Sable, ''The Language of this Land, Miꞌkmaꞌki,'' "examines the relationship between Miꞌkmaq language and landscape."<ref>{{Cite news
| title = Book launch today
| work = Cape Breton Post
| access-date = 2012-10-21
| date = 2012-03-26
| url = http://www.capebretonpost.com/Arts/Entertainment/2012-03-26/article-2939995/Book-launch-today/1
}}</ref>