Timiskaming
Sign in to saveTimiskaming is a word from the Algonquin Temikami or Temikaming, from tim 'deep' and kami 'open waters'. Alternate spellings include Temiskaming, Témiscaming and Témiscamingue. The word Temagami comes from the same root.
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Vinony's link graph records 21 inbound references to Timiskaming, and connects out to Canada, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Algonquin.
It is catalogued under topics including Algonquian languages, Geography of Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Geography of Timiskaming District.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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Timiskaming is a word from the Algonquin Temikami or Temikaming, from tim 'deep' and kami 'open waters'. Alternate spellings include Temiskaming, Témiscaming and Témiscamingue. The word Temagami comes from the same root.
Controversy exists over the spelling of this word. A movement to change the spelling of the District of Timiskaming to Temiskaming (an e instead of an i) cites a typographical error by a government official, but the act of parliament that led to the name change granted this official authority to correct the spelling. What he considered to be a spelling correction, some people today call a spelling mistake.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Timiskaming” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.