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The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the proposal was move.

Rename: Rimouski, QuebecRimouski Per WP:CANSTYLE and WP:PRIMARYUSAGE, this city should have an article at the undisambiguated name (see also WP:CANCITY). An internet search which excludes various combinations of this city's name still produces results exclusively related to it. Mindmatrix 15:16, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Rimouski

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What language does the word "Rimouski" come from? Badagnani (talk) 19:11, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

>> I believe it's an approximation of a Micmac Indian (First Nation) word or phrase. I don't know the meaning though. Atanovic (talk) 10:16, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

@Badagnani: Locals say that it is from Micmac language and that it means "dog house". Amqui (talk) 21:04, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]