Assiniboine

[ uh-sin-uh-boin ]

noun
  1. a river in southern Canada, flowing south and east from southeastern Saskatchewan into the Red River in southern Manitoba. 450 miles (725 km) long.

  2. Mount Assiniboine, a mountain in eastern British Columbia, Canada, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, on the Alberta border and the Continental Divide. 11,870 feet (3,618 meters).

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British Dictionary definitions for Assiniboine (1 of 2)

Assiniboine1

/ (əˈsɪnɪˌbɔɪn) /


noun
  1. a river in W Canada, rising in E Saskatchewan and flowing southeast and east to the Red River at Winnipeg. Length: over 860 km (500 miles)

British Dictionary definitions for Assiniboine (2 of 2)

Assiniboine2

/ (əˈsɪnəˌbɔɪn) /


noun
  1. plural -boine or -boines a member of a North American Indian people living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana; one of the Sioux peoples

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family

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