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caribou

ca·ri·bou

UK/ˈkærɪbuː/ US/ˈkæɹəbu/ uncommon

noun

1.

Origin

Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”; compare qalipi, “to shovel snow”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou”, literally “it shovels snow”).

Phrases

  • Caribou County

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