Saskatchewan

English

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Etymology

From Cree kisiskāciwani-sīpiy (“swift-flowing river”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /sə.ˈskætʃ.ə.ˌwɑːn/, /sə.ˈskætʃ.ə.wən/, X-SAMPA: /s@."sk{tS.@.%wA:n/, /s@."sk{tS.@.w@n/

• Audio (CA)

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Proper noun

Saskatchewan

1. A river in Canada.
2. Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city.

Related terms

• Saskatchewanian

Abbreviations

• SK
• Sask , Sask.

Translations

Province in western Canada

• Arabic: ساسكاتشوان (ar) (saskatshuwaan) m
• Bulgarian: Саскачеван (bg) (Saskáčevan) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩斯喀徹溫 (cmn), 萨斯喀彻温 (cmn) (Sàsīkèchèwēn)

• Dutch: Saskatchewan (nl)
• Esperanto: Saskaĉevano (eo)
• Finnish: Saskatchewan (fi)
• French: Saskatchewan (fr) f
• Georgian: სასკაჩევანი (ka) (sask'ač'evani)
• German: Saskatchewan (de) n
• Greek: Σασκάτσουαν (el) (Saskátsouan)
• Hebrew: ססקצ'ואן (he)
• Hindi: सास्काचेवान (hi) (sāskācēvān)
• Hungarian: Saskatchewan (hu)

• Japanese: サスカチュワン (ja) (Sasukachuwan), サスカチュワン州 (ja) (Sasukachuwan-shū)
• Korean: 서스캐처원 (ko) (Seoseukaecheowon)
• Macedonian: Саскачеван (mk) (Saskáčevan) m
• Mongolian: Саскачеван (mn) (Saskáčevan)
• Persian: ساسکاچوان (fa)
• Portuguese: Saskatchewan (pt) m
• Russian: Саскачеван (ru) (Saskáčevan) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Саскачеван (sh) m, Saskatchewan (sh) m
• Spanish: Saskatchewan (es) m
• Thai: รัฐซัสแคตเชวัน (th) (rát sátkaecheerwaan)
• Ukrainian: Саскачеван (uk) (Saskáčevan) m

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Saskatchewan

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French

Etymology

From Cree kisiskāciwani-sīpiy (“swift-flowing river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sas.kat.ʃe.wan/, X-SAMPA: /sas.kat.Se.wan/
• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Saskatchewan f

1. Saskatchewan