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Mississauga

/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/

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Canada/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɑ.ɡə/

Mississauga noun: a member of an Algonquian people now living in southern Ontario, Canada; also a member of this race.

Noun

Mississauga (plural Mississaugas or Mississauga)

  1. 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

Proper noun

Mississauga

  1. A city in southern Ontario; a suburb of Toronto.
    Synonyms:
    Sauga

Mississauga meaning in Hindi and Arabic

Mississauga in Hindi

city
मिसिसॉगा misisŏgā

Mississauga in Arabic

city
مِيسِيسَاغَا mīsīsāḡā

Synonyms of Mississauga

Forms of Mississauga

pluralMississaugas
pluralMississauga

Origin of Mississauga

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.

Words formed from Mississauga

Questions about Mississauga

What does Mississauga mean?
Mississauga means a member of an Algonquian people now living in southern Ontario, Canada; also a member of this race.
What is Mississauga in Hindi?
Mississauga in Hindi is मिसिसॉगा (misisŏgā). See Mississauga meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Mississauga?
Mississauga can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mississauga?
Mississauga is pronounced /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/.
What is the plural of Mississauga?
The plural of Mississauga is Mississaugas.

Words near Mississauga in the dictionary

  1. Missisaugas
  2. missises
  3. missish
  4. missishly
  5. missishness
  6. Mississauga
  7. Mississaugan
  8. Mississaugans
  9. Mississaugas
  10. Mississippi
  11. Mississippi Bubble

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