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 (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”)
• Manitoba wolf
• Manitoban
• (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 (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
• 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

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):

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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.t̪o.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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Manitoba.

Proper noun

Manitoba f

1. Manitoba (a province in western Canada)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɲitɔba]

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, 2003–2025

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