Definition
A city in Ontario, Canada, located west of Toronto. Also refers to the Mississauga people, an Anishinaabe First Nation whose traditional territory included this area.
Etymology
From Ojibwe 'misi-saagii,' meaning 'river of the large outlet,' referring to the Credit River's mouth at Lake Ontario. The Mississauga people's name comes from this geographical feature that defined their homeland.
Kelly Says
Mississauga represents the complex layering of North American place names - an indigenous word describing the natural geography that was later adopted for both a people and a modern city. The name carries the memory of the original inhabitants while serving as the identity for a completely transformed urban landscape.
Translations
ARالعربية
ميسيساجا
mis-i-sa-ga
BNবাংলা
মিশিশাগা
mi-shi-sha-ga
CACatalà
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
CSČeština
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
DADansk
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
DEDeutsch
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
ELΕλληνικά
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
ESEspañol
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
FAفارسی
مسیسگا
mis-i-sa-ga
FISuomi
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
FRFrançais
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
GUGU
મિસિસાગા
mi-si-sa-ga
HAHA
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
HEעברית
מיסיסאוגה
mi-si-sa-uga
HIहिन्दी
मिसीसागा
mi-si-sa-ga
HUMagyar
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
IDBahasa Indonesia
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
IGIG
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
ITItaliano
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
KKKK
Мыссисага
mis-si-sa-ga
KMKM
ម្មីស៊ីសាហ្គា
m-mee-si-sa-ha-ga
MRMR
मिसीसागा
mi-si-sa-ga
MSBahasa Melayu
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
MYမြန်မာ
မိစစစဂါ
mi-si-sa-ga
NLNederlands
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
NONorsk
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
PAPA
ਮਿਸਿਸਾਗਾ
mis-i-sa-ga
PLPolski
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
PTPortuguês
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
RORomână
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
RUРусский
Миссисага
mis-si-sa-ga
SVSvenska
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
SWKiswahili
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
TAதமிழ்
மிசிசாகா
mi-si-sa-ka
TEతెలుగు
మిసిసాగా
mi-si-sa-ga
THไทย
มิสिसाउगा
mis-i-sau-ga
TLTL
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
TRTürkçe
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
UKУкраїнська
Міссісага
mis-si-sa-ga
URاردو
مسیساگا
mis-i-sa-ga
VITiếng Việt
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
YOYO
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah
ZUZU
Mississauga
miss-iss-ah-gwah