Manitoba

English

Alternative forms

• Manitobah (historical, rare)

Etymology

From Ojibwe ᒪᓂᑐᐸᐦ or Cree ᒪᓂᑐᐘᐳᐤ (manitowapow, “spirit strait”), referring to the Narrows of Lake Manitoba. Compare English manitou, Ojibwe manidoo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmæn.ɪˈtəʊ.bə/
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˌmænɪˈtoʊbə/
• Hyphenation: Mani‧toba

• Audio (Canada):

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Proper noun

Manitoba

2. A province in western Canada. Capital and largest city: Winnipeg.

Synonyms

• Province of Manitoba
• MB
• Man, Man.

Derived terms

• Manitoba Escarpment
• Manitoba flour
• Manitoba maple (“ash-leaved maple”)
• Manitoban
• Manitoba wolf
• (historical) Republic of Manitoba, Republic of Manitobah

Related terms

• Lake Manitoba

Translations

province in western Canada

• Arabic: مَانِيتُوبَا f (manitūbā)
• Armenian: Մանիտոբա (Manitoba)
• Bulgarian: Манито́ба f (Manitóba)
• Burmese: မနီတိုးဗား (ma.nitui:ba:)
• Catalan: Manitoba
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 緬尼托巴 / 缅尼托巴 (min⁵ nei⁴ tok³ baa¹), 緬尼托巴省 / 缅尼托巴省 (min⁵ nei⁴ tok³ baa¹ saang²), 緬尼吐巴 / 缅尼吐巴 (min⁵ nei⁴ tou³ baa¹), 緬尼吐巴省 / 缅尼吐巴省 (min⁵ nei⁴ tou³ baa¹ saang²), 曼尼托巴 (maan⁶ nei⁴ tok³ baa¹), 曼尼托巴省 (maan⁶ nei⁴ tok³ baa¹ saang²), 緬省 / 缅省 (min⁵ saang²) (short form), 曼省 (maan⁵ saang²) (short form)

  Mandarin: 緬尼托巴 / 缅尼托巴 (Miǎnnítuōbā), 緬尼托巴省 / 缅尼托巴省 (Miǎnnítuōbā Shěng), 馬尼托巴 / 马尼托巴 (zh) (Mǎnítuōbā), 馬尼托巴省 / 马尼托巴省 (Mǎnítuōbā Shěng), 曼尼托巴 (Mànnítuōbā), 曼尼托巴省 (Mànnítuōbā Shěng), 緬省 / 缅省 (Miǎn Shěng) (short form), 曼省 (Màn Shěng) (short form)

• Corsican: Manitoba f
• Cree: Manitou-wapow
• Danish: Manitoba
• Dutch: Manitoba n
• Esperanto: Manitobo
• Estonian: Manitoba
• Finnish: Manitoba (fi)
• French: Manitoba (fr) m
• Georgian: მანიტობა (maniṭoba)
• German: Manitoba (de)
• Greek: Μανιτόμπα f (Manitómpa)
• Hebrew: מניטובה (Manitoba)
• Hindi: मनितोबा (manitobā)
• Icelandic: Manitoba
• Ido: Manitoba
• Inuktitut: ᒫᓂᑑᕙ (maanitoofa)
• Italian: Manitoba (it)
• Japanese: マニトバ (ja) (Manitoba)
• Khmer: ម៉ានីតូបា (maaniitoubaa)
• Korean: 매니토바 (Maenitoba)
• Latin: Manitoba
• Macedonian: Манито́ба f (Manitóba)
• Mongolian: Манитоба (Manitoba)
• Norwegian: Manitoba
• Ojibwe: Manidoobaa
• Polish: Manitoba (pl) f
• Portuguese: Manitoba
• Punjabi: ਮਾਨੀਟੋਬਾ (mānīṭobā)
• Romanian: Manitoba
• Russian: Манито́ба (ru) f (Manitóba)
• Slovak: Manitoba
• Spanish: Manitoba
• Swedish: Manitoba (sv)
• Turkish: Manitoba
• Ukrainian: Маніто́ба f (Manitóba)
• Vietnamese: Manitoba
• Welsh: Manitoba

References

• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “Manitoba”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Finnish

Manitoba

Etymology

From English Manitoba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnitobɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝niˌt̪o̞bɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -obɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ma‧ni‧to‧ba
• Hyphenation^(key): Ma‧ni‧to‧ba

Proper noun

Manitoba

1. Manitoba (a province in western Canada)

Declension

Inflection of Manitoba (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Manitoba	—
genitive		Manitoban	—
partitive		Manitobaa	—
illative		Manitobaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Manitoba	—
accusative	nom.	Manitoba	—
	gen.	Manitoban
genitive		Manitoban	—
partitive		Manitobaa	—
inessive		Manitobassa	—
elative		Manitobasta	—
illative		Manitobaan	—
adessive		Manitoballa	—
ablative		Manitobalta	—
allative		Manitoballe	—
essive		Manitobana	—
translative		Manitobaksi	—
abessive		Manitobatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Manitoba (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Manitobani — accusative nom. Manitobani — gen. Manitobani genitive Manitobani — partitive Manitobaani — inessive Manitobassani — elative Manitobastani — illative Manitobaani — adessive Manitoballani — ablative Manitobaltani — allative Manitoballeni — essive Manitobanani — translative Manitobakseni — abessive Manitobattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Manitobasi — accusative nom. Manitobasi — gen. Manitobasi genitive Manitobasi — partitive Manitobaasi — inessive Manitobassasi — elative Manitobastasi — illative Manitobaasi — adessive Manitoballasi — ablative Manitobaltasi — allative Manitoballesi — essive Manitobanasi — translative Manitobaksesi — abessive Manitobattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Manitobamme — accusative nom. Manitobamme — gen. Manitobamme genitive Manitobamme — partitive Manitobaamme — inessive Manitobassamme — elative Manitobastamme — illative Manitobaamme — adessive Manitoballamme — ablative Manitobaltamme — allative Manitoballemme — essive Manitobanamme — translative Manitobaksemme — abessive Manitobattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Manitobanne — accusative nom. Manitobanne — gen. Manitobanne genitive Manitobanne — partitive Manitobaanne — inessive Manitobassanne — elative Manitobastanne — illative Manitobaanne — adessive Manitoballanne — ablative Manitobaltanne — allative Manitoballenne — essive Manitobananne — translative Manitobaksenne — abessive Manitobattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Manitobansa — accusative nom. Manitobansa — gen. Manitobansa genitive Manitobansa — partitive Manitobaansa — inessive Manitobassaan Manitobassansa — elative Manitobastaan Manitobastansa — illative Manitobaansa — adessive Manitoballaan Manitoballansa — ablative Manitobaltaan Manitobaltansa — allative Manitoballeen Manitoballensa — essive Manitobanaan Manitobanansa — translative Manitobakseen Manitobaksensa — abessive Manitobattaan Manitobattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.tɔ.ba/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.to.bɑ/, /ma.ni.to.bɔ/

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

Manitoba m

1. Manitoba (a province in western Canada)

Anagrams

• abominât

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maˈnɪ.tɔ.ba]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maˈniː.to.ba]

Proper noun

Manitoba f sg (genitive Manitobae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Manitoba (a province in western Canada)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Manitoba
genitive	Manitobae
dative	Manitobae
accusative	Manitobam
ablative	Manitobā
vocative	Manitoba
locative	Manitobae

Polish

Manitoba

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Manitobabor.

Polish Manitoba

Borrowed from English Manitoba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɲiˈtɔ.ba/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔba
• Syllabification: Ma‧ni‧to‧ba

Proper noun

Manitoba f

1. Manitoba (a province in western Canada)

Declension

Declension of Manitoba

	singular
nominative	Manitoba
genitive	Manitoby
dative	Manitobie
accusative	Manitobę
instrumental	Manitobą
locative	Manitobie
vocative	Manitobo

References

• Manitoba in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Manitoba.

Proper noun

Manitoba f

1. Manitoba (a province in western Canada)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɲitɔba/, [ˈmaɲitɔba]
• Rhymes: -ɔba
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧to‧ba

Noun

Manitoba f

1. Manitoba (a province in western Canada)

Declension

Declension of Manitoba

	singulare tantum
nominative	Manitoba
genitive	Manitoby
dative	Manitobe
accusative	Manitobu
locative	Manitobe
instrumental	Manitobou

Further reading

• “Manitoba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maniˈtoba/ [ma.niˈt̪o.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: Ma‧ni‧to‧ba

Proper noun

Manitoba f

1. Manitoba (a province in western Canada)

Related terms

• manitobano