Mississauga
Meanings
noun
- A member of an Algonquian people now living in southern Ontario, Canada; also a member of this race.
name
- A city in southern Ontario; a suburb of Toronto.
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Etymology
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.
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