Nipissing
/nɪˈpɪsɪŋ/noun
A name associated with an Anishinaabe people, language, First Nation, and Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada.
Did you know?Nipissing is an English form of an Indigenous name connected with the Nibisiing Anishinaabe, whose traditional territory centers on the waterways around Lake Nipissing.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Algonquian
Proto-Algonquian
*nepyi
“Reconstructed root meaning “water”; the precise derivation of Nipissing from this root remains debated.”
Pre-contact period
Anishinaabemowin
Nbiisiin / Nibisiing
“Indigenous form associated with the Nibisiing people and their homeland around the waters of Lake Nipissing.”
17th Century
French
Nipissiriniens
“French colonial form used for the Nipissing people.”
17th–18th Century
French
Nipissing
“Form used in French maps and records for the people, lake, and region.”
19th Century
English
Nipissing
“English geographical and ethnonymic form, including Lake Nipissing and the Nipissing people.”
Modern English
English
Nipissing
“A proper name used for Lake Nipissing, Nipissing First Nation, Nipissing University, and related regional identities.”