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Meaning 1
A township in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
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Nipissing
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
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History
Etymology
From Ojibwe nibiinsing (“at-the-little-waters”), from nibyi- (“water”) + -ns (diminutive forming suffix) + -ing (locative forming suffix).