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Nipissing

Nipissing noun: a member of the Nipissing First Nation, a people of Ojibwa and Algonquin descent whose ancestors lived in the area of Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada.

Noun

Nipissing (plural Nipissings or Nipissing)

  1. A member of the Nipissing First Nation, a people of Ojibwa and Algonquin descent whose ancestors lived in the area of Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada.

Proper noun

Nipissing

  1. A township in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.

Forms of Nipissing

pluralNipissings
pluralNipissing

Origin of Nipissing

From Ojibwe nibiinsing (“at-the-little-waters”), from nibyi- (“water”) + -ns (diminutive forming suffix) + -ing (locative forming suffix).

Words formed from Nipissing

Questions about Nipissing

What does Nipissing mean?
Nipissing means a member of the Nipissing First Nation, a people of Ojibwa and Algonquin descent whose ancestors lived in the area of Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada.
What part of speech is Nipissing?
Nipissing can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Nipissing?
The plural of Nipissing is Nipissings.

Words near Nipissing in the dictionary

  1. niphatenone
  2. niphatenones
  3. Niphon
  4. niphotyphlosis
  5. Nipinnawasee
  6. Nipissing
  7. Nipissing District
  8. Nipissings
  9. Nipkov
  10. Nipkov disc
  11. Nipkov discs

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