mississauga
mississauga Lexical Profile
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Canadian A major city in the Canadian province of Ontario, situated on the shores of Lake Ontario and forming a large, populous municipality within the Greater Toronto Area.
"Many multinational corporations have established their Canadian headquarters in Mississauga due to its close proximity to the international airport."
Canadian A member of an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people located in southern Ontario, historically recognized as a subtribe of the Anishinaabe.
"The historic treaty was negotiated between the British Crown and representatives of the Mississauga."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Anishinaabe word 'Misi-zaagiing', meaning '[Those at the] Great River-mouth'. It originally referred to the Indigenous people living near the mouth of the Mississagi River before being adopted as the name of the modern Canadian city.
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