Winnipeg

Senso

1. The capital city of Manitoba, Canada.
2. Short for Lake Winnipeg, a large lake in Manitoba.
3. Winnipeg River, a river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada into Lake Winnipeg.
4. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States, named after the Canadian city.

Con trattino come

Win‧ni‧peg

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈwɪn.ə.ˌpɛɡ/

Etimologia

* From Ojibwe wiinibig (“dirty waters”), from wiini’ (“to make someone dirty”), wiinad (“it is dirty”), + nibi (“water”), plural nibig (“waters”).
* After the lake, from Cree/Swampy Cree ᐑᓂᐯᐠ (“muddy waters”), describing the river's water entering the lake (CanOD).