Nipissing

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A township in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.

Etymology

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

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