Saskatchewan

American  

[sa-skach-uh-won, -wuhn] / sæˈskætʃ əˌwɒn, -wən /

noun

1. a province in W Canada. 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km). Regina.

2. a river in SW Canada, flowing E to Lake Winnipeg: formed by the junction of the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan rivers. 1,205 miles (1,940 km) long.

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Saskatchewan British  

/ sæsˈkætʃɪwən /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Sask.   SK.  a province of W Canada: consists of part of the Canadian Shield in the north and open prairie in the south; economy based chiefly on agriculture and mineral resources. Capital: Regina. Pop: 995 391 (2004 est). Area: 651 900 sq km (251 700 sq miles)

2. a river in W Canada, formed by the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan Rivers: flows east to Lake Winnipeg. Length: 596 km (370 miles)

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Saskatchewan Cultural  

1. Province in west-central Canada, bordered to the north by the Northwest Territories, to the east by Manitoba, to the south by North Dakota and Montana, and to the west by Alberta. Its capital and largest city is Regina.

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Some of the world's largest wheat fields grow on Saskatchewan's vast unbroken prairie.

Example Sentences

Rosenblatt Securities analyst John McPeake noted last week that Rigetti had shipped a 9-qubit Novera quantum processor to the University of Saskatchewan in March.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

And we’re not at some bonspiel in Saskatchewan just trying things out.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Angela Rasmussen, an American virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan, saw no legitimate reason for the vaccine to be canned.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

The assessment estimates a measured and indicated resource of 49.6 billion tons, with an inferred resource of 86 billion tons, in a relatively narrow portion of the company’s main property in Saskatchewan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The Blackfoot were a tightly organized confederation of groups that inhabited the plains between the Missouri and Saskatchewan Rivers.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann