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

In recent weeks, Ms. Miguel has been scrambling to finish preparing for the debut of her latest production, “Misdemeanor Dream,” a collaboration between her company, Spiderwoman Theater, and Aanmitaagzi, an arts group led by Ms. Couchie and her husband, Sid Bobb, on Nipissing First Nation territory in Ontario.

From New York Times

“Most of Iceland, or at least the Reykjavik area, was at a stage of overtourism” before the pandemic, said Patrick Maher, dean of teaching at Nipissing University and visiting scholar at the University Center of the Westfjords, where he teaches a course on coastal tourism.

From Washington Post

One message earlier in the spring from Tony Parkes, a biologist at Nipissing University in Ontario, had extolled all of those “who go about their work with few accolades, but on whom everyone counts as a foundational backbone.”

From New York Times

“It’s time to stop the cycle of willfully ignorant Canadians who continue to impose their ill-considered values upon indigenous practices and people,” said the counterpetition, written by Aylan Couchie, a Toronto artist, who is an Anishinaabe from the Nipissing First Nation.

From New York Times

Jane White, of Carbondale, Ill., cited health care as a main reason for enrolling in a master’s program at Nipissing University in Ontario this fall.

From New York Times