Saskatchewan

English

Alternative forms

• Saskatchouan (the river)

Etymology

From Cree ᑭᓯᐢᑳᒋᐘᓂ ᓰᐱᕀ (kisiskaaciwani siipiy, “swift-flowing river”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /səˈskætʃ.əˌwɑːn/, /səˈskætʃ.ə.wən/

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Proper noun

Saskatchewan

1. A river in Canada.
2. Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city.

Synonyms

• SK, Sk.
• Sask, Sask.
• SSK

Derived terms

• Saskatchewanian

Coordinate terms

• Fransaskois

Translations

Province in western Canada

• Arabic: سَاسْكَاتْشُوَان‎ m (saskatšuwān)
• Armenian: Սասկաչեւան (Saskačʿewan)
• Bulgarian: Саска́чеван m (Saskáčevan)
• Burmese: ဆက်စကက်ချီဝမ်နယ် (hcakca.kakhkyiwamnai)
• Catalan: Saskatchewan
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 沙斯卡寸旺 (saa¹ si¹ kaa¹ cun³ wong⁶), 沙士加芝灣, 沙士加芝湾 (saa¹ si³ gaa¹ zi¹ waan¹), 沙斯卡川 (saa¹ si¹ kaa¹ cyun¹), 薩斯喀徹溫, 萨斯喀彻温 (saat³ si¹ kaa³ cit³ wan¹), 沙省 (saa¹ saang²) (short form), 薩省, 萨省 (saat³ saang²) (short form)

  Mandarin: 薩斯喀徹溫 (zh), 萨斯喀彻温 (zh) (Sàsīkāchèwēn), 薩克其萬, 萨克其万 (Sàkèqíwàn), 沙斯卡寸旺 (Shāsīkǎcùnwàng), 沙斯卡川 (Shāsīkǎchuān), 薩省, 萨省 (Sà Shěng) (short form), 沙省 (Shā Shěng) (short form)

• Dutch: Saskatchewan
• Esperanto: Saskaĉevano
• Finnish: Saskatchewan (fi)
• French: Saskatchewan (fr) f
• Georgian: სასკაჩევანი (sasḳačevani)
• German: Saskatchewan (de) n
• Greek: Σασκάτσουαν (Saskátsouan)
• Hebrew: ססקצ'ואן‎

• Hindi: सास्काचेवान (sāskācevān)
• Hungarian: Saskatchewan (hu)
• Japanese: サスカチュワン (Sasukachuwan), サスカチュワン州 (Sasukachuwan-shū)
• Korean: 서스캐처원 (Seoseukaecheowon)
• Macedonian: Саска́чеван m (Saskáčevan)
• Mongolian: Саскачеван (Saskačevan)
• Persian: ساسکاچوان‎ (sâskâčuân)
• Portuguese: Saskatchewan m
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Саска́чеван (ru) m (Saskáčevan)
• Serbo-Croatian: Саскачеван m, Saskatchewan m
• Spanish: Saskatchewan m
• Swedish: Saskatchewan (sv) n
• Thai: รัฐซัสแคตเชวัน (rát sátkaecheerwaan)
• Ukrainian: Саска́чеван m (Saskáčevan)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Saskatchewan

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Finnish

Etymology

English Saskatchewan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑskɑtʃeʋɑn/, [ˈs̠ɑs̠kɑt̪ˌʃe̞ʋɑn]

Proper noun

Saskatchewan

1. Saskatchewan (a province of Canada)

Declension

Inflection of Saskatchewan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Saskatchewan	—
genitive		Saskatchewanin	—
partitive		Saskatchewania	—
illative		Saskatchewaniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Saskatchewan	—
accusative	nom.	Saskatchewan	—
	gen.	Saskatchewanin
genitive		Saskatchewanin	—
partitive		Saskatchewania	—
inessive		Saskatchewanissa	—
elative		Saskatchewanista	—
illative		Saskatchewaniin	—
adessive		Saskatchewanilla	—
ablative		Saskatchewanilta	—
allative		Saskatchewanille	—
essive		Saskatchewanina	—
translative		Saskatchewaniksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Saskatchewanitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Saskatchewan (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Saskatchewanini	Saskatchewanimme
2nd person	Saskatchewanisi	Saskatchewaninne
3rd person	Saskatchewaninsa

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Cree kisiskāciwani-sīpiy (“swift-flowing river”).

Alternative forms

• Saskatchouan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sas.kat.ʃe.wɑ̃/
• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Saskatchewan f

1. Saskatchewan

Synonyms

• Sask.
• SK

Derived terms

• Saskatchewanais
• saskatchewanais

Coordinate terms

• Fransaskois
• fransaskois

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Saskatchewan.

Proper noun

Saskatchewan m

1. Saskatchewan (a province of Canada)