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Nipissing en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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.

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Nipissing en · PROPN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Deriveds

West Nipissing · Nipissing District