Manitoba
a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
Lake, a lake in the S part of this province. 120 miles (195 km) long; 1,817 sq. mi. (4,705 sq. km).
Other words from Manitoba
- Man·i·to·ban, adjective, noun
Words Nearby Manitoba
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How to use Manitoba in a sentence
Janice Ristock, a professor at University of Manitoba, specializes in studying violence in LGBT relationships.
Should Twitter Suspend LGBT Engineer Accused Of Raping Her Wife? | Emily Shire | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey will travel to Charlottetown, Bonshaw and Cornwall in Prince Edward Island and Winnipeg in Manitoba during the tour.
Greetings from Manitoba, the Saudi Arabia of untapped hydroelectric potential.
Canada has abundant hydro potential — and in fact Manitoba and Quebec have abundant hydro for sale right now.
It makes trouble in parts of Manitoba, but the scrub trees in our sand-hills generally hold it up.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold Bindloss
From there they traveled by various routes until they reached their destination in the extreme southeastern part of Manitoba.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest | Lillian Elizabeth RoyNaturally, we supposed that men who knew themselves guilty would have fled to Manitoba with Little Crow.
Mary and I | Stephen Return RiggsSo the third ship of the fleet that was to carry the first human freight of Manitoba pioneers was the "Edward and Ann."
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists | George BryceSome thirty-five years ago in Manitoba the writer witnessed the utter devastation of the country by these pests.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists | George Bryce
British Dictionary definitions for Manitoba
/ (ˌmænɪˈtəʊbə) /
a province of W Canada: consists of prairie in the southwest, with extensive forests in the north and tundra near Hudson Bay in the northeast. Capital: Winnipeg. Pop: 1 170 268 (2004 est). Area: 650 090 sq km (251 000 sq miles): Abbreviation: MB
Lake Manitoba a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Manitoba
Province in central Canada, bordered to the north by the Northwest Territories, to the northeast by Hudson Bay, to the east by Ontario, to the south by Minnesota and North Dakota, and to the west by Saskatchewan. Winnipeg is the capital and largest city.
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