Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: winnipeg
IPA transcription: [w'ɪnɪpəɡ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Winnipeg
    Meaning: the capital and largest city of Manitoba; located in southern Manitoba; known for severe winters
Usage examples
  • The arrival of the steamer at Fort Garry (Winnipeg) was celebrated with great rejoicing.
  • The second winter after the massacre, my father and my two older brothers, with several others, were betrayed by a half-breed at Winnipeg to the United States authorities.
  • All of the region about Winnipeg, in the Red River country, covering great areas of hundreds of miles in extent, is a level plain only lacking the coloring to give to one passing through it the effect of a great unruffled sea.