Saskatchewan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sə.ˈskætʃ.ə.ˌwɒn/, /sə.ˈskætʃ.ə.wən/, SAMPA: /s@."sk{tS.@.%wQn/, /s@."sk{tS.@.w@n/

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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