Geographicals

Manitoba

A province of Canada, lying between the provinces of Saskatchewan and Ontario. Its capital is Winnipeg. Taking its name from Lake Manitoba, itself named for one of its islands, the name derived from Algonquian Manitou, great spirit. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p724 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p332)

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A province of Canada, lying between the provinces of Saskatchewan and Ontario. Its capital is Winnipeg. Taking its name from Lake Manitoba, itself named for one of its islands, the name derived from Algonquian Manitou, great spirit. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p724 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p332)

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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a province of Canada

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  1. Z01w.107w.567w.176w.410w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Manitoba. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008350. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008350
  2. Manitoba. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba
  3. Manitoba. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1948