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Meaning 1
A city in southern Ontario; a suburb of Toronto.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Mississauga
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Pronunciation
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/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/
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Canada: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɑ.ɡə/
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CMU ARPABET: M IH2 S IH0 S AO1 G AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A member of an Algonquian people now living in southern Ontario, Canada; also a member of this race.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مِيسِيسَاغَا (mīsīsāḡā) — city
- Chinese Cantonese: 密西沙加 (mat6 sai1 saa1 gaa1) — city
- Chinese Cantonese: 密市 (mat6 si5) — city
- Chinese Cantonese: 美城 — city
- Chinese Mandarin: 密西沙加 (Mìxīshājiā) — city
- Chinese Mandarin: 密市 (Mìshì) — city
- Chinese Mandarin: 美城 (Měichéng) — city
- French: Mississauga — city
- Hindi: मिसिसॉगा (misisŏgā) — city
- Korean: 미시사가 (Misisaga) — city
Real reading context