kihci-môhkomân-askîhk

Plains Cree

Etymology

Compound of kihci (“great, big”) + môhkomân (“knife”) + askiy (“land”), or "land of the long knives". Compare Ojibwe gichi-mookomaan-aki (“America”)

Noun

kihci-môhkomân-askîhk

  1. the United States of America
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