Etymology

• From Ojibwa wiinibig ("dirty waters") < wiini’ ("to make someone dirty"), wiinad ("it is dirty"), plus nibi ("water"), plural nibig ("waters").
• After the lake, from Cree and Ojibwa ouenpig ("murky water"), describing the river's water entering the lake (CanOD).

Proper noun

1. A city in Canada, the provincial capital of Manitoba.
2. Lake Winnipeg, a large lake in Manitoba.
3. Winnipeg River, a river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario, into Lake Winnipeg.