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Winnipeg

Winnipeg

English

Proper noun

Winnipeg

A city in Canada, the provincial capital of Manitoba.
Lake Winnipeg, a large lake in Manitoba.
Winnipeg River, a river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario, into Lake Winnipeg.

Synonyms

(city):

Peg (slang)
Winterpeg (jocular)
WPG , Wpg , Wpg. (abbreviation)

Derived terms

terms derived from "Winnipeg"

Related terms

Lake Winnipegosis
Lake Winnibigoshish
Winnebago

Translations

capital of Manitoba

Arabic: وِينِيبِيغ m ‎(winipīḡ)
Armenian: Վինիպեգ ‎(Vinipeg)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 溫尼伯 (zh), 温尼伯 (zh) ‎(Wēnníbó)
Esperanto: Vinipego
French: Winnipeg

Georgian:
Japanese: ウィニペグ ‎(Winipegu)
Korean: 위니펙 ‎(Winipek)
Russian: Ви́ннипег (ru) m ‎(Vínnipeg)
Ukrainian: Вінніпег m ‎(Vinnipeh), Вінніпеґ m ‎(Vinnipeg)

lake

Chinese:
Mandarin: 溫尼伯湖, 温尼伯湖 ‎(Wēnníbó Hú)
French: le lac Winnipeg m

Japanese: ウィニペグ湖 ‎(Winipegu-ko)
Russian: Ви́ннипег (ru) m ‎(Vínnipeg)

river

Chinese:
Mandarin: 溫尼伯河, 温尼伯河 ‎(Wēnníbó Hé)
French: la rivière Winnipeg f

Japanese: ウィニペグ川 ‎(Winipegu-gawa)
Russian: Ви́ннипег (ru) m ‎(Vínnipeg)

References

“Winnipeg” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.