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Muskoka

Muskoka proper noun: a regional municipality of Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

muskoka: a regional municipality of Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada
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Proper noun

Muskoka

  1. A regional municipality of Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

Origin of Muskoka

From Ojibwe: the region is named for the Ojibwe chief who resided there, Mesqua Ukie / Mesqua Ukee (whose name is said to mean "not easily turned back in the day of battle").

Words formed from Muskoka

Phrases with Muskoka

Questions about Muskoka

What does Muskoka mean?
Muskoka means a regional municipality of Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
What part of speech is Muskoka?
Muskoka is a proper noun.

Words near Muskoka in the dictionary

  1. Muskogeanists
  2. Muskogeans
  3. Muskogee
  4. Muskogee County
  5. Muskogees
  6. Muskoka
  7. Muskoka chair
  8. Muskoka chairs
  9. Muskoka Lakes
  10. Muskolini
  11. muskone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Muskoka (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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