Mattawa

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proper noun

A river in central Ontario, Canada.

OriginOjibwe [Term?] →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A river in central Ontario, Canada.
  2. A town in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.

    My own grandfather, Eugene Bourgeault, a young man in grade eight, was threatened with a beating by Mattawa’s village priest for refusing to learn the Lord’s Prayer in English. The episode spelled the end of his education.

    2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail

Origin

  1. Ojibwe[Term?]
  2. EnglishMattawa

From Ojibwe [Term?].

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APA

Mattawa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mattawa

MLA

“Mattawa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mattawa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mattawa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mattawa.

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