Winnipeg

Meaning

Proper Noun

• capital city Manitoba (province) Canada (country).
• Lake Winnipeg, large lake Manitoba (province) Canada (country).
• Winnipeg River, a river that flows 813 km from lake, Lake of the Woods, Ontario (province), Canada (country) into lake, Lake Winnipeg.

Related

Similar words

• Peg
• Winterpeg
• WPG, Wpg, Wpg.

Origin

• From Ojibwe wiinibig ("dirty waters"), from wiini', wiinad, + nibi, plural nibi.
• After the lake, from Cree/Swampy Cree ᐑᓂᐯᐠ ("muddy waters"), describing the river's water entering the lake (CanOD).