caribou
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹəbu/ / /ˈkærɪbuː/
name
- A rural area of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
- A ghost town in Boulder County, Colorado.
- A city in Aroostook County, Maine.
- A township and unincorporated community in Kittson County, Minnesota.
noun
Etymology: 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”).
- Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.