Assiniboine

[ uh-sin-uh-boin ]

/ əˈsɪn əˌbɔɪn /

noun

a river in S Canada, flowing S and E from SE Saskatchewan into the Red River in S Manitoba. 450 miles (725 km) long.

Mount, a mountain in E British Columbia, Canada, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, on the Alberta border and the Continental Divide. 11,870 feet (3618 meters).

Example sentences from the Web for assiniboine

Their course was in the same direction as that of the Assiniboine, which very winding river they occasionally sighted.

Rob Nixon |W.H.G. Kingston
Between Deerfoot and the camp fire loomed the form of an Assiniboine warrior.

Deerfoot in The Mountains |Edward S. Ellis
The water of the Assiniboine River ran at this time very low, but Verendrye was anxious to push westward.

The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company |George Bryce
Whirlwind assumed his statue-like pose and Deerfoot brought his rifle to a level, with the Assiniboine staring into the muzzle.

Deerfoot in The Mountains |Edward S. Ellis

It was discovered by La Vrendrye in 1733, and explored as far as the mouth of the Assiniboine in that year.

The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History |Various

British Dictionary definitions for assiniboine (1 of 2)

Assiniboine ¹

/ (əˈsɪnɪˌbɔɪn) /

noun

a river in W Canada, rising in E Saskatchewan and flowing southeast and east to the Red River at Winnipeg. Length: over 860 km (500 miles)

British Dictionary definitions for assiniboine (2 of 2)

Assiniboine ²

/ (əˈsɪnəˌbɔɪn) /

noun

plural -boine or -boines a member of a North American Indian people living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana; one of the Sioux peoples

the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family

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