Manitoba

English

Manitoba

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 (CA) (file)

Proper noun

Manitoba

A province in Western Canada.

Synonyms

Province of Manitoba
MB
Man, Man.

Derived terms

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

Related terms

Lake Manitoba

Translations

Province in western Canada

Arabic: مَانِيتُوبَا‎ f (manitūbā)
Armenian: Մանիտոբա (Manitoba)
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 (Manitoba)
Khmer: ម៉ានីតូបា (maaniitoubaa)
Korean: 매니토바 (Maenitoba)
Latin: Manitoba
Macedonian: Манито́ба f (Manitóba)
Mongolian: Манитоба (Manitoba)
Norwegian: Manitoba
Ojibwe: Manidoobaa
Polish: Manitoba (pl)
Portuguese: Manitoba
Romanian: Manitoba
Russian: Манито́ба (ru) f (Manitóba)
Slovak: Manitoba
Spanish: Manitoba
Swedish: Manitoba (sv)
Turkish: Manitoba
Ukrainian: Маніто́ба f (Manitóba)
Vietnamese: Manitoba

References

“Manitoba” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Finnish

Etymology

From English Manitoba.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Manitoba

Manitoba

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	—
accusative	gen.	Manitoban	—
genitive		Manitoban	—
partitive		Manitobaa	—
inessive		Manitobassa	—
elative		Manitobasta	—
illative		Manitobaan	—
adessive		Manitoballa	—
ablative		Manitobalta	—
allative		Manitoballe	—
essive		Manitobana	—
translative		Manitobaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Manitobatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Manitoba (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Manitobani	Manitobamme
2nd person	Manitobasi	Manitobanne
3rd person	Manitobansa

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.ni.tɔ.ba/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

Manitoba m

Manitoba (a province of Canada)

Anagrams

abominât

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈni.to.ba/, [mäˈnɪt̪ɔbä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈni.to.ba/, [mäˈniːt̪obä]

Proper noun

Manitoba f sg (genitive Manitobae); first declension

(New Latin) Manitoba

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Manitoba
Genitive	Manitobae
Dative	Manitobae
Accusative	Manitobam
Ablative	Manitobā
Vocative	Manitoba
Locative	Manitobae

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Manitoba.

Proper noun

Manitoba f

Manitoba (a province of Canada)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Manitoba f

Manitoba (a province of Canada)

Related terms

manitobano