Nipissing
noun
Lake Nipissing, a lake in southeastern Canada, in Ontario, north of Georgian Bay. 330 sq. mi. (855 sq. km).
Nipissings
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pluralof Nipissing.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He had been some twenty years in Canada, had lived among the savage Algonquins of Allumette Island, and spent eight or nine years among the Nipissings, on the lake which bears their name.
From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Francis Parkman
A young Frenchman, named Martin, was abandoned among the Nipissings; another, named Baron, on reaching the Huron country, was robbed by his conductors of all he had, except the weapons in his hands.
From The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Francis Parkman
The Nipissings and Algonkins, who were going on a war-party with Monsieur Belêtre, formed a line of their own accord, and saluted us with three volleys of musketry, and cries of joy without end.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Francis Parkman
The burden of the reply was, rapids, rocks, cataracts, and the wickedness of the Nipissings.
From Pioneers of France in the New World by Francis Parkman
This relates to those Nipissings who had accompanied Champlain on the expedition against the Iroquois, and who were passing the winter among the Hurons.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis
