English Explanatory Dictionary

Moose Jaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  2. A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. A river in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, Moose Jaw River.
  4. A derisive nickname for U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s and 1940s.

Word forms

Moose Jaw

Etymology

Corruption of the Cree term through Anglicization by substitution of similar sounding English-language words, and being a riverside location; becoming Moose Jaw Bone Creek, former name of the Moose Jaw River, from the Cree "moscâstani". From Cree moscâstani-sîpiy (“a warm place by the river”), from the overwintering camp of the Cree in a river valley sheltered by the Couteau Plateau, at the confluence of the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek. The town is named after the river, in turn, named for the overwintering camp where the town is now located.

Synonyms

Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161 Rural Municipality No. 161 Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw Moose Jaw No. 161 Moose Jaw Bone Creek Moose Jaw River Moose Jaw Creek Moose Jaw Bone River Moose Jawbone River Moose Jawbone Creek

Derived words

Moose Javian

Translations

French: Moose Jaw Korean: 무스조
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