Mississauga
Americannoun
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a city in southeastern Ontario, in southern Canada, on the southwestern shore of Lake Ontario: suburb of Toronto.
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a member of one of the First Nations of Ontario, a division of the Ojibwe people, historically living along the northern shore of Lake Ontario.
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Etymology
Origin of Mississauga
First recorded in 1700–10; from French Mississague, from Ojibwe misiza⋅gi⋅ “inhabitant of the outlet of the large river” (i.e., the Mississagi)
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In 1860 a flock 1 mile wide and 300 miles long passed over Fort Mississauga on Lake Ontario.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Site owner Gursewak Singh Bal, 31, of Mississauga, Ontario, was among 11 defendants arrested this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025
Poilievre, meanwhile, added a campaign stop in Mississauga, a Toronto suburb, to speak with members of the Filipino community there.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
The agreement was ratified after positive votes from members at Stellantis facilities in Windsor, Brampton, Etobicoke, Mississauga and Red Deer.
From Reuters ● Nov. 6, 2023
Opposite to Fort Niagara, which is on the American side at the mouth of the river, are Fort Mississauga and the village of Niagara, formerly Newark, on the Canadian side.
From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by Holley, George W.
The Rouge Valley was a traditional travel route for several Indigenous peoples including the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, and Mississaugas of the New Credit.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022
A few representatives of the Six Nations had been settled by Joseph Brant at Mohawk, on the Grand River, and there were a few Mississaugas near the mouth of the Credit.
From Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 by Dent, John Charles
Accordingly, on the twelfth of October, Wapocomoguth, great chief of the Mississaugas, a branch of the Ojibwas, living within the present limits of Upper Canada, came to the fort with a pipe of peace.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis
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