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winnipeg

/ˈwɪnɪpəɡ/

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What does winnipeg mean?

proper noun

  1. The capital city of Manitoba, Canada.
  2. A large lake in Manitoba, Canada; in full, Lake Winnipeg.
  3. A river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba; in full, Winnipeg River.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States, named after the Canadian city.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈwɪnɪpəɡ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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And this was the Winnipeg Wolf that I had seen that day in the wintry woods.
Ernest Thompson SetonAnimal HeroesProject Gutenberg ebook #2284
The second winter after the massacre, my father and my two older brothers, with several others, were betrayed by a half-breed at Winnipeg to the United States authorities.
Charles A. EastmanIndian BoyhoodProject Gutenberg ebook #337
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And from Winnipeg to Africa, experience will teach him nothing; he will never learn to expect it, it will catch him as a surprise each time.
Mark TwainFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2895
“Well,” she conceded grudgingly, “Jane Andrews is home from the West—came last week—and she’s going to be married to a Winnipeg millionaire. You may be sure Mrs. Harmon lost no time in telling it far and wide.”
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of the IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #51
At Kinosha, in Wisconsin, Lapham made out a manufactory of flint and quartzite arrow-heads, which dates from prehistoric times, and quite recently a yet more important centre of industry has been discovered at St. Andrew (Winnipeg).
Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de NadaillacManners and Monuments of Prehistoric PeoplesTranslated by N. D'AnversProject Gutenberg ebook #3309