Meanings
- A city in the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Synonyms: Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Rural Municipality No. 161, Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw No. 161
- A river in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, Moose Jaw River.
Synonyms: Moose Jaw Bone Creek, Moose Jaw River, Moose Jaw Creek, Moose Jaw Bone River, Moose Jawbone River, Moose Jawbone Creek
- A derisive nickname for U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s and 1940s.
"Hell, from what I hear," Hughes insisted, "the place is full of them. Starting with old Moose-jaw and his White House gang. And since June twenty-second they've been hell-bent to get us into this foreign war."
1950, William L. Shirer, The Traitor, page 171
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
proper nounA river in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, Moose Jaw River.
Origin
- Creemoscâstani-sîpiy“a warm place by the river”
- EnglishMoose Jaw
Corruption of the Cree term through Anglicization by substitution of similar sounding English-language words, and being a riverside location; becoming Moose Jaw Bone Creek, former name of the Moose Jaw River, from the Cree "moscâstani". From Cree moscâstani-sîpiy (“a warm place by the river”), from the overwintering camp of the Cree in a river valley sheltered by the Couteau Plateau, at the confluence of the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek. The town is named after the river, in turn, named for the overwintering camp where the town is now located.
More words from Cree
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw
- Moose JawMoose Jaw rural municipality
- Moose JawMoose Jaw, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Korean 무스조, 무스조
- 무스조 (museujo)Moose Jaw rural municipality
- 무스조 (museujo)Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Cite this entry
Moose Jaw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moose%20Jaw
“Moose Jaw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moose%20Jaw. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Moose Jaw,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moose%20Jaw.
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