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Manitoba

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Man·i·to·ba  (mn-tb) Abbr. MB or Man.
A province of south-central Canada. It was admitted to the confederation in 1870. Originally part of a 1670 grant to the Hudson's Bay Company, it was largely settled by immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Winnipeg is the capital and the largest city. Population: 1,160,000.
Mani·toban adj. & n.
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Noun1.ManitobaManitoba - one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada
Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"
Winnipeg - the capital and largest city of Manitoba; located in southern Manitoba; known for severe winters
Churchill - a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain
Lake Winnipeg, Winnipeg - a lake in southern Canada in Manitoba
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To the Kensington Gardens we went; it may have been Manitoba we started for, but we arrived at the Kensington Gardens, and it had all been so unpremeditated and smartly carried out that I remember clapping my hand to my head in the street, to make sure that I was wearing a hat.
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In the early summer they would be in Texas, and as the crops were ready they would follow north with the season, ending with the fall in Manitoba.
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