Nipissing

English

Etymology

From Ojibwe nibiinsing (“at-the-little-waters”), from nibyi- (“water”) +‎ -ns (diminutive forming suffix) +‎ -ing (locative forming suffix).

Noun

Nipissing (plural Nipissings or Nipissing)

  1. A member of the Nipissing First Nation, a people of Ojibwa and Algonquin descent whose ancestors lived in the area of Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada.

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