Winnipeg definition

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(place) Large lake in SC Manitoba: 9,465 sq mi (24,514 sq km)
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The capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, in the southeast part of the province at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers south of Lake Winnipeg. Founded as a fur-trading post, it developed rapidly after the coming of the railroad in 1885.
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(place) Capital of Manitoba, Canada, on the Red River.
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(place) River in W Ontario & SE Manitoba, Canada, flowing from the Lake of the Woods into Lake Winnipeg: (with its principal headstream) 475 mi (764 km)
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Winnipeg Sentence Examples

  • One of the most striking features of Winnipeg is seen in the elaborate system of public schools.

  • There is also a normal school at Winnipeg for the training of teachers.

  • Winnipegosis and Manitoba at high water, in spring-time, discharge their overflow through small streams into Winnipeg.

  • The chief rivers emptying into Lake Winnipeg are the Winnipeg, the Red and the Saskatchewan.

  • The Winnipeg, which flows from the territory lying south-east of Lake Winnipeg, is a noble river some 200 m.

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