Winnipeg

• 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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪn.əˌpɛɡ/
• Hyphenation: Win‧ni‧peg

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Winnipeg

2. The capital city of Manitoba, Canada.
4. A large lake in Manitoba, Canada; in full, Lake Winnipeg.
6. A river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba; in full, Winnipeg River.
8. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States, named after the Canadian city.

(city):

• Peg (slang)
• Winterpeg (jocular)
• WPG, Wpg, Wpg. (abbreviation)

• Lake Winnipegosis
• Lake Winnibigoshish
• Winnipegosis
• Winnebago

• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “Winnipeg”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• From English Winnipeg; see English etymology for more information. Rendered as Ouinipigon by La Vérendrye.

• IPA^(key): /wi.ni.pɛɡ/

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Winnipeg ?

1. Winnipeg (the capital city of Manitoba, Canada)
2. Winnipeg (a large lake in Manitoba, Canada; in full, Lake Winnipeg)
3. Winnipeg (a major river in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada; in full, Winnipeg River)

• Winnipegosis