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1. (n.) Saskatchewan
a province in W Canada. 1,023,500; 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km).
2. Saskatchewan
a river in SW Canada, flowing E from the Rocky Mountains. 1205 mi. (1940 km) long.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Saskatchewan
one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada
"vast fields of wheat grow on Saskatchewan's prairies"
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Saskatchewan
one of the great and navigable rivers of Canada, rises among the Rockies in two great branches, called respectively the North and South Saskatchewan, 770 and 810 m., which flowing generally E., unite, and after a course of 282 m. pass into Lake Winnipeg, whence it issues as the Nelson, and flows 400 m. NE. to Hudson's Bay. The upper branches traverse and give their name to one of the western territories of Canada.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Saskatchewan
A province of Canada, lying between the provinces of Alberta and Manitoba. Its capital is Regina. It is entirely a plains region with prairie in the south and wooded country with many lakes and swamps in the north. The name was taken from the Saskatchewan River from the Cree name Kisiskatchewani Sipi, meaning rapid-flowing river. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1083 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p486)
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