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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A township in Algoma district, Ontario, Canada, North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A Mambiloid language spoken in Cameroon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A snow goose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, colloquial, uncountable
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History
From Ojibwe wewe (“wild goose”).
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Perhaps related to wavey (“snow goose”)?
Shortened and simplified form of water.
