Nipissing

American  

[nip-uh-sing] / ˈnɪp ə sɪŋ /

noun

plural

Nipissings,

plural

Nippissing

1. Lake Nipissing, a lake in southeastern Canada, in Ontario, north of Georgian Bay. 330 sq. mi. (855 sq. km).

2. a member of one of the First Nations of Ontario, a division of the Ojibwe people, historically living along the northern shore of Lake Nipissing.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Nipissing.

Nipissing British  

/ ˈnɪpɪsɪŋ /

noun

1. a lake in central Canada, in E Ontario between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Area: 855 sq km (330 sq miles)

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Etymology

Origin of Nipissing

First recorded in 1740–50; from French Nipissingue, from Ojibwe Nipissink, the name of Lake Nipissing

Example Sentences

Indigenous people are used to be invisible, keeping our heads down Bear Witness “My reserve, Nipissing, was out of walking distance to the nearest town,” Campeau said.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2015

Some American Red Cross divisions use the stuffed red blood cell in school presentations, and the Education Centre Library serving Ontario's Canadore College and Nipissing University has dozens of Giant Microbes in its lending inventory.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2010

The rough, nickel-loded, forest-fuzzed Canadian frontier at the east end of Lake Nipissing bulged large with spring's fertility last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Michael Friedsam, president of Altman's department store; Ellis P. Earle, president of Nipissing Mines, great Canadian producers of silver, cobalt, nickel, arsenic.

From Time Magazine Archive

The original contract with the Canadian Pacific had provided for an eastern terminus near Lake Nipissing, in order to show preference neither to Montreal nor Toronto, either of which could make connections by independent roads.

From The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Skelton, Oscar Douglas