"Waswanipi" meaning in English

See Waswanipi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Cree ᐙᔂᓂᐲ (waaswaanipii, “light over the water”), a traditional night-time fishing method. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|cr|ᐙᔂᓂᐲ|gloss=light over the water}} Cree ᐙᔂᓂᐲ (waaswaanipii, “light over the water”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Waswanipi
  1. A village in Quebec, Canada Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Quebec, Canada, Villages in Canada, Villages in Quebec, Canada Synonyms (village): Waswanipi Village Translations (village): Village de Waswanipi (French)
    Sense id: en-Waswanipi-en-name-skMwCDgv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 25 25 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 16 11 11 11 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 16 11 11 11 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of 'village': 78 4 4 15 Disambiguation of 'village': 78 4 4 15
  2. A river in Quebec, Canada Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Quebec, Canada, Rivers in Canada, Rivers in Quebec, Canada Synonyms (river): Waswanipi River Translations (river): Rivière Waswanipi (French)
    Sense id: en-Waswanipi-en-name-mQ~0JJUK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 25 25 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 16 11 11 11 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 16 11 11 11 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of 'river': 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'river': 0 100 0 0
  3. A lake in Quebec, Canada Categories (place): Lakes, Places in Canada, Places in Quebec, Canada Synonyms (lake): Lake Waswanipi Translations (lake): Lac Waswanipi (French)
    Sense id: en-Waswanipi-en-name-pYrxSW3w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 25 25 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 16 11 11 11 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 16 11 11 11 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of 'lake': 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'lake': 0 0 100 0
  4. A people; a First Nations community, part of the Cree First Nation Synonyms (people): Waswanipi people Translations (people): peuple Waswanipi (French)
    Sense id: en-Waswanipi-en-name-h1R-8OmQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cree translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 25 25 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 16 11 11 11 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 16 11 11 11 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Cree translations: 19 19 19 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 27 27 19 Disambiguation of 'people': 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'people': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Lake Waswanipi, Waswanipi people, Waswanipi River, Waswanipi Village Translations (Translations): Wâswânipî (Cree), Waaswaanipii ᐙᔂᓂᐲ (waaswaanipii) (Cree), Waswanipi (French)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 26 26 26 21
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (aeaf2a1 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.