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Mattawa

Mattawa proper noun: a river in central Ontario, Canada.

Proper noun

Mattawa

  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 of Mattawa

From Ojibwe [Term?].

Questions about Mattawa

What does Mattawa mean?
Mattawa means a river in central Ontario, Canada.
What part of speech is Mattawa?
Mattawa is a proper noun.

Words near Mattawa in the dictionary

  1. Mattaponi
  2. Mattapony
  3. mattaq
  4. Mattathias
  5. Mattatron
  6. Mattawa
  7. mattboard
  8. mattboards
  9. matte
  10. matted
  11. matted glass

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