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Chippewa
Chip·pe·wa
/
ˈtʃɪp
əˌwɑ, -ˌweɪ, -wə
/
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[
chip
-
uh
-wah, -wey, -w
uh
]
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noun
a river in N Wisconsin, flowing S to the Mississippi River. 200 miles (322 km) long.
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Chip·pe·wa
/
ˈtʃɪp
əˌwɑ, -ˌweɪ, -wə
/
Show Spelled
[
chip
-
uh
-wah, -wey, -w
uh
]
Show IPA
noun,
plural
Chip·pe·was
(
especially collectively
)
Chip·pe·wa.
Ojibwa
.
Origin:
1665–75,
Americanism
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World English Dictionary
Chippewa
or
Chippeway
(ˈtʃɪpɪˌwɑː, ˈtʃɪpɪˌweɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-was
,
-wa
,
-ways
,
-way
another name for
Ojibwa
Chippeway
or
Chippeway
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
Chippewa
see
Ojibwa
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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