Moose Jaw

English

Etymology

Corruption of the Cree term through Anglicization by substitution of similar sounding English-language words, and being a riverside location; becoming Moose Jaw Bone Creek, former name of the Moose Jaw River, from the Cree "moscâstani". From Cree moscâstani-sîpiy (“a warm place by the river”), from the overwintering camp of the Cree in a river valley sheltered by the Couteau Plateau, at the confluence of the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek. The town is named after the river, in turn, named for the overwintering camp where the town is now located.

Proper noun

Moose Jaw

1. A city in the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2. A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.

   Synonyms: Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Rural Municipality No. 161, Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw No. 161

3. Ellipsis of Moose Jaw River.; A river in Saskatchewan, Canada

   Synonyms: Moose Jaw Bone Creek, Moose Jaw River, Moose Jaw Creek, Moose Jaw Bone River, Moose Jawbone River, Moose Jawbone Creek

4. A derisive nickname for U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s and 1940s.
   • 1950, William L. Shirer, The Traitor, page 171:

     "Hell, from what I hear," Hughes insisted, "the place is full of them. Starting with old Moose-jaw and his White House gang. And since June twenty-second they've been hell-bent to get us into this foreign war."

Derived terms

• Moose Javian

Descendants

• French: Moose Jaw

Translations

Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

• French: Moose Jaw

Moose Jaw rural municipality

• French: Moose Jaw

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Moose Jaw. From Cree moscâstani-sîpiy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus dʒɔ/

Proper noun

Moose Jaw ?

1. Moose Jaw (a town in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada)
2. Moose Jaw (a rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada)