Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mattawa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: mat-tawa
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in central Ontario, Canada.

name

A town in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.

Example Sentences

"My own grandfather, Eugene Bourgeault, a young man in grade eight, was threatened with a beating by Mattawa’s village priest for refusing to learn the Lord’s Prayer in English. The episode spelled the end of his education."

Etymology

From Ojibwe [Term?].

Questions

What does mattawa mean?: A river in central Ontario, Canada.
Where does mattawa come from?: From Ojibwe [Term?].

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