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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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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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  1. National Library of Medicine. Saskatchewan. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012525. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012525
  2. Saskatchewan. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan
  3. Saskatchewan. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1989