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mississauga

/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
mis-sis-sauga
IPA
/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an Algonquian people now living in southern Ontario, Canada; also a member of this race.

name

A city in southern Ontario; a suburb of Toronto.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French Mississague, from Ojibwe misizaagii (“inhabitant of large river mouth”) (with reference to the area where the Mississauga River drains into Lake Huron). Doublet of massasauga.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Mississague, misizaagii

Inflected Forms

Mississaugas (plural)

Derived Forms

Mississaugan

Synonyms

Sauga

Rhymes With

onondaga

Questions

How do you pronounce mississauga?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɔː.ɡə/.
What does mississauga mean?
A member of an Algonquian people now living in southern Ontario, Canada; also a member of this race.
Where does mississauga come from?
It is traced to French.

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