Mississauga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/ /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɑ.ɡə/ Mississauga.ogg

Word forms

Mississauga Mississaugas

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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