Manitoba

[ man-i-toh-buh ]

/ ˌmæn ɪˈtoʊ bə /

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noun

a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.

Lake, a lake in the S part of this province. 120 miles (195 km) long; 1,817 sq. mi. (4,705 sq. km).

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OTHER WORDS FROM Manitoba

Man·i·to·ban, adjective, noun

Words nearby Manitoba

manipulator, Manipur, Manisa, Man is the measure of all things, manit, Manitoba, Manitoba maple, Manitoban, manitou, Manitoulin, Manitoulin Island

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How to use Manitoba in a sentence

Everett Franchuk is a web developer and writer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Software can do better than ‘male,’ ‘female,’ and ‘other’|Everett Franchuk|August 22, 2022|MIT Technology Review
His father helped design the Jenpeg hydroelectric dam, which provides power across Manitoba, but it also flooded the ancestral lands central to the tribe’s identity.
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A number of Canadian provinces, including Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Manitoba and Alberta, have opened up vaccines to 11-year-olds born in 2009.
Pediatricians besieged by parents seeking coronavirus shots for kids under 12|Frances Stead Sellers, Ariana Eunjung Cha|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
So it’s no wonder Mike jumps at the chance to drive one of a three-truck fleet of big rigs carrying the roughly 25 tons of equipment needed to cap a methane pipeline in a Manitoba diamond mine.
The Ice Road Is an Overly Twisty Action Adventure That Has Its Charms, Chief Among Them Liam Neeson|Stephanie Zacharek|June 25, 2021|Time

She came across an article about a universal basic income experiment in Manitoba, Canada.
A San Francisco Experiment Will Give Some Pregnant Women $1,000 a Month. Could Other Cities Be Next?|Abby Vesoulis|March 18, 2021|Time
Janice Ristock, a professor at University of Manitoba, specializes in studying violence in LGBT relationships.
Should Twitter Suspend LGBT Engineer Accused Of Raping Her Wife?|Emily Shire|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They will travel to Charlottetown, Bonshaw and Cornwall in Prince Edward Island and Winnipeg in Manitoba during the tour.
Camilla Carries On After Brother's Death||May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Greetings from Manitoba, the Saudi Arabia of untapped hydroelectric potential.
Let's Dam Manitoba|David Frum|March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Canada has abundant hydro potential — and in fact Manitoba and Quebec have abundant hydro for sale right now.
Why Blow our Money on Wind Power?|David Frum|January 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It makes trouble in parts of Manitoba, but the scrub trees in our sand-hills generally hold it up.
The Girl From Keller's|Harold Bindloss
From there they traveled by various routes until they reached their destination in the extreme southeastern part of Manitoba.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Naturally, we supposed that men who knew themselves guilty would have fled to Manitoba with Little Crow.
Mary and I|Stephen Return Riggs
So the third ship of the fleet that was to carry the first human freight of Manitoba pioneers was the "Edward and Ann."
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists|George Bryce
Some thirty-five years ago in Manitoba the writer witnessed the utter devastation of the country by these pests.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists|George Bryce

British Dictionary definitions for Manitoba

Manitoba

/ (ˌmænɪˈtəʊbə) /

noun

a province of W Canada: consists of prairie in the southwest, with extensive forests in the north and tundra near Hudson Bay in the northeast. Capital: Winnipeg. Pop: 1 170 268 (2004 est). Area: 650 090 sq km (251 000 sq miles)Abbreviation: MB

Lake Manitoba a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)

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Cultural definitions for Manitoba

Manitoba

Province in central Canada, bordered to the north by the Northwest Territories, to the northeast by Hudson Bay, to the east by Ontario, to the south by Minnesota and North Dakota, and to the west by Saskatchewan. Winnipeg is the capital and largest city.