manitoba

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of manitoba in Turkish Turkish dictionary

Kanada'da bir il

English - English

Definition of manitoba in English English dictionary

A province in Western Canada

A lake of southern Manitoba, Canada. It is a remnant of the glacial age Lake Agassiz. a province in central Canada. Province (pop., 2001: 1,119,583), central Canada. It is bounded by Nunavut, Hudson Bay, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and by the U.S.; its capital is Winnipeg. Three-fifths of its territory is covered by the Canadian Shield, an area of rocks, forests, and rivers. The region was first inhabited by the Inuit (Eskimo) and by the Cree, Assiniboin, and Ojibwa peoples. The Hudson's Bay Co. opened Manitoba to European influence, and the region became a focus of French and British competition for Canadian fur trade dominance; it was ceded by France to Britain in 1763. The Métis rebellion led to the passage of the Manitoba Act in 1870, making it the fifth province of the Dominion of Canada. Steamboat and rail transportation opened the province to settlers from Europe in the late 19th century. Though much of the economy is based on farming, lumbering, and mining, heavy industry has become important to an expanding Winnipeg

{i} province in central Canada; Lake Manitoba, lake in the southern part of Manitoba

A province in central Canada which has Winnipeg as its capital

one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada

Related Terms

Manitoba maple

A small, fast-growing and fairly short-lived species of North American maple with pinnately compound leaves, Acer negundo

Lake Manitoba

Lake, south-central Manitoba, Canada. Located northwest of Winnipeg, it drains into Lake Winnipeg. It is more than 125 mi (200 km) long and up to 28 mi (45 km) wide, with an area of 1,785 sq mi (4,624 sq km). It was discovered in 1738 by Pierre La Vérendrye, who named it Lac des Prairies. The name Manitoba is believed to come from the Algonquian word maniot-bau or maniot-wapau ("strait of the spirit")

University of Manitoba

Canadian public university in Winnipeg, founded in 1877. It has faculties of agricultural and food sciences, architecture, arts and sciences, education, engineering, law, graduate studies, management, medicine, human ecology, and social work, among other fields. Campus facilities include centres for the study of aging, defense and security, and diabetes

Hyphenation

Ma·ni·to·ba

Turkish pronunciation

mänîtōbı

Synonyms

province of manitoba

Pronunciation

/ˌmanəˈtōbə/ /ˌmænɪˈtoʊbə/

Etymology

() * From Ojibwa manito-bah or Cree manito-wapow, "spirit strait", referring to the Narrows of Lake Manitoba. Compare English manitou, Ojibwa manidoo.