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moose jaw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
moose -jaw
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada.

name

A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.

name

A river in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, Moose Jaw River.

name

A derisive nickname for U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s and 1940s.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Corruption of the Cree term through Anglicization by substitution of similar sounding English-language words, and being a riverside location; becoming Moose Jaw Bone Creek, former name of the Moose Jaw River, from the Cree "moscâstani". From Cree moscâstani-sîpiy (“a warm place by the river”), from the overwintering camp of the Cree in a river valley sheltered by the Couteau Plateau, at the confluence of the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek. The town is named after the river, in turn, named for the overwintering camp where the town is now located.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: moscâstani-sîpiy

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Phrases

Moose Javian

Synonyms

Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161 Rural Municipality No. 161 Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw Moose Jaw No. 161 Moose Jaw Bone Creek Moose Jaw River Moose Jaw Creek Moose Jaw Bone River Moose Jawbone River Moose Jawbone Creek

Questions

What does moose jaw mean?
A city in the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Where does moose jaw come from?
Corruption of the Cree term through Anglicization by substitution of similar sounding English-language words, and being a riverside location; becoming Moose Jaw Bone Creek, former name of the Moose Jaw River, from the Cree "moscâstani". From Cree moscâstani-sîpiy (“a warm place by the river”), from the overwintering camp of the Cree in a river valley sheltered by the Couteau Plateau, at the confluence of the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek. The town is named after the river, in turn, named for the overwintering camp where the town is now located.

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