Meanings
plural Mississaugas
- A member of an Algonquian people now living in southern Ontario, Canada; also a member of this race.
The Mississaugas also named many of the major watercourses that drained into Lake Ontario along the present-day Toronto shore.
2013, M. Jane Fairburn, Along the Shore: Rediscovering Toronto's Waterfront Heritage, page 39
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA city in southern Ontario; a suburb of Toronto.
Origin
- Ojibwemisizaagii“inhabitant of large river mouth”
- FrenchMississague
- EnglishMississauga
From French Mississague, from Ojibwe misizaagii (“inhabitant of large river mouth”) (with reference to the area where the Mississauga River drains into Lake Huron). Doublet of massasauga.
More words from French, Ojibwe
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مِيسِيسَاغَا
- مِيسِيسَاغَا (mīsīsāḡā)city
Chinese Cantonese 密西沙加, 密市
- 密西沙加 (mat⁶ sai¹ saa¹ gaa¹)city
- 密市 (mat⁶ si⁵)city
- 美城city
Chinese Mandarin 密西沙加, 密市
- 密西沙加 (Mìxīshājiā)city
- 密市 (Mìshì)city
- 美城 (Měichéng)city
French Mississauga
- Mississaugacity
Hindi मिसिसॉगा
- मिसिसॉगा (misisŏgā)city
Korean 미시사가
- 미시사가 (Misisaga)city
Cite this entry
Mississauga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mississauga
“Mississauga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mississauga. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mississauga,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mississauga.
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