English Explanatory Dictionary

Nipissing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Nipissing First Nation, a people of Ojibwa and Algonquin descent whose ancestors lived in the area of Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada.
name
  1. A township in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.

Word forms

Nipissing Nipissings

Etymology

From Ojibwe nibiinsing (“at-the-little-waters”), from nibyi- (“water”) + -ns (diminutive forming suffix) + -ing (locative forming suffix).

Derived words

Nipissing District West Nipissing
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