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).
• From Proto-Algonquian *winihewa ("dirty"), Proto-Algonquian *nepyi (“water”).

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

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Winnipeg

1. The capital city of Manitoba, Canada.
2. Lake Winnipeg, a large lake in Manitoba, Canada.
3. Winnipeg River, a river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada into Lake Winnipeg.

(city):

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

• Lake Winnipegosis
• Lake Winnibigoshish
• Winnipegosis
• Winnebago

• “Winnipeg” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Proto-Algonquian Dictionary

• 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, Lake Winnipeg (a large lake in Manitoba, Canada)
3. Winnipeg, Winnipeg River (a river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada into Lake Winnipeg)

• Winnipegosis