Etymology

Nipissing

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Ojibwe nibiinsing
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The story

  1. Ojibwe · borrowed fromnibiinsing“at-the-little-waters”
  2. English todayNipissing

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

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