'Wanpa'q: "calm water" (Cole Harbour, NS)

Sipuk: "at the river" (Sydney, Cape Breton) but used to be called kun'tewiktuk meaning "at the rock."

Wiaqajk: "the mixing place" (Margaree, NS).

Tmaqnapskw: "something that looks like a pipe" (place in Miramichi, NB).

Tlaqatik: "at the encampment" (Tracadie, NS).

Pankweno'pskuk: "lice-picking falls," but literally means "where they hunt one another's head [for lice]" (Gabriel Falls, NS).

Penatkuk: "bird nesting place" (Island in Shelburne River, NS)

E'sue'katik: "the place of clams" (St. Esprit, Cape Breton)

Sipekne'katik/Sikipne'katik: "where ground nuts are found" (Shubernacadie, NS).

Amaqapskeket: "rushing over rocks" (Gold River, NS).

Kukwesue'katik: "haunt of the giants" (Middle River, Sheet Harbour, NS).

Kopitue'katik: "place where there are lots of beaver or where beavers gather." (Beaver Harbour, NS).

Kespukwitk: "the last flow of water" (one of the seven traditional Mi'kmaw districts, Southwest, NS).

Kjipuktuk: "the great harbour" (Halifax, NS).

Epekwitk:"in the water, up above" (Prince Edward Island).

Matuesuatp: "the head of a porcupine" (Porcupine Head, NS).

Pne'katik: "egg laying place," translated by Rand as "the humble place" (Benacadie, NS).

Waqmitkuk: "clean flowing water" (Wagmatcook, NS).

Mntuapskuk: "Devil's Rock" (Jeddore, NS).

Plekteaq: "split by a handspike" (This refers to the columnar rocks at Cape Split, NS).

Napu'saqnuk: "place for stringing beads" (St. Mary's, NB).

Potlotek: May be derived from "Port Toulouse," the French fort erected in St. Peter's Nova Scotia. (Chapel Island, NS).

Tepotikkewey Qospem: "Boot Place Lake" (in Eskissoqnik, Eskasoni, NS).