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Assiniboine
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Assiniboine
A river of south-central Canada rising in southern Saskatchewan and flowing about 949 km (590 mi) generally eastward to the Red River at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Its valley is one of Canada's leading wheat-growing areas.

Assiniboine, Mount
A mountain, 3,620.4 m (11,870 ft) high, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains on the Alberta-British Columbia border near Banff.

Assiniboine1
n
(Placename) 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)

Assiniboine2
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -boine, -boines a member of a North American Indian people living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana; one of the Sioux peoples
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family


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Close to 6,000 people gathered in the Forks -- a national historic site where the Red River meets the Assinaboine River in the downtown heart of the Manitoba capital -- and watched an entertaining three-hour live stage show.
 
 
 
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