Mississauga

From French Mississague, from Ojibwe misizaagii (“inhabitant of large river mouth”) (with reference to the area where the Mississauga River drains into Lake Huron). Doublet of massasauga.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɑ.ɡə/

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Mississauga (plural Mississaugas or Mississauga)

1. A member of an Algonquian people now living in southern Ontario, Canada; also a member of this race.
   • 2013, M. Jane Fairburn, Along the Shore: Rediscovering Toronto's Waterfront Heritage, page 39:

     The Mississaugas also named many of the major watercourses that drained into Lake Ontario along the present-day Toronto shore.

Mississauga

2. A city in southern Ontario; a suburb of Toronto.

• (informal) Sauga

• Mississaugan