Winnipeg

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Etymology

• From Ojibwa wiinibig ("dirty waters"), from wiini’ ("to make someone dirty"), wiinad ("it is dirty"), plus nibi ("water"), plural nibig ("waters").
• After the lake, from Cree and Ojibwa ouenpig ("murky water"), describing the river's water entering the lake (CanOD).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwɪnəˈpɛɡ/
• Hyphenation: Win‧ni‧peg

• Audio (CA)

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Proper noun

Winnipeg

1. A city in Canada, the provincial capital of Manitoba.
2. Lake Winnipeg, a large lake in Manitoba.
3. Winnipeg River, a river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario, into Lake Winnipeg.

Synonyms

• Peg (slang)
• Winterpeg (jocular)

Derived terms

terms derived from "Winnipeg"

Winnipegger Winnipegish Winnipeg couch

Winnipeg goldeye Winnipeg handshake Winnipeg rye bread, Winnipeg rye

Related terms

• Lake Winnipegosis
• Lake Winnibigoshish
• Winnebago

Translations

capital of Manitoba

• Arabic: وينيبيغ (ar) (winipiigh) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溫尼伯 (cmn), 温尼伯 (cmn) (Wēnníbó)

• Esperanto: Vinipego (eo)
• French: Winnipeg (fr)

• Japanese: ウィニペグ (ja) (Winipegu)
• Korean: 위니펙 (ko) (Winipek)
• Russian: Виннипег (ru) (Vínnipeg) m
• Ukrainian: Вінніпег (uk) (Vinnipeh) m, Вінніпеґ (uk) (Vinnipeg) m

lake

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溫尼伯湖 (cmn), 温尼伯湖 (cmn) (Wēnníbó Hú)

• French: le lac Winnipeg (fr) m

• Japanese: ウィニペグ湖 (ja) (Winipegu-ko)
• Russian: Виннипег (ru) (Vínnipeg) m

river

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溫尼伯河 (cmn), 温尼伯河 (cmn) (Wēnníbó Hé)

• French: la rivière Winnipeg (fr) f

• Japanese: ウィニペグ川 (ja) (Winipegu-gawa)
• Russian: Виннипег (ru) (Vínnipeg) m

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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ויניפג (vinipeg)

References

• “Winnipeg” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.