saskatchewan

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English - Turkish
(Coğrafya) Saskatchewan, Kanada'nin bir eyâletidir. Kuzey Amerika'nin merkezinde yer alır. Komşu eyaletleri Manitoba ve Alberta'dir. Güneyinde ABD'nin Montana ve Kuzey Dakota eyâletleri, kuzeyinde ise Kanada eyâletlerinden Kuzeybatı Toprakları ve Nunavut yer alır
English - English
Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city
A river in Canada
a province in central Canada, which has a border with the US states of Montana and North Dakota. Province (pop., 2000: 978,933), western Canada. It is bounded to the north by the Northwest Territories, to the east by Manitoba, to the south by the U.S. state of Montana, and to the west by Alberta. The capital of Saskatchewan is Regina. A plains region, with prairie to the south and wooded country to the north, it supports rich and varied wildlife. The Cree Indians inhabited the region for some 5,000 years before it was claimed by the Hudson's Bay Co., which controlled the area from 1670 until it surrendered the land to the British in 1868. It was part of the Northwest Territory until 1869, and in 1870 it became part of the Dominion of Canada. From 1882 the extension of the railroad brought large numbers of European settlers. The province was created in 1905. Its economy is based on oil, gas, and potash production, grains, and livestock. The largest city is Saskatoon
Prairie province in western Canada which has Regina as its capital city
{i} province in western Canada; river in southwestern Canada
one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada; "vast fields of wheat grow on Saskatchewan's prairies

Related Terms

Saskatchewan River
A river, about 547 km (340 mi) long, of south-central Canada formed by the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan rivers in central Saskatchewan and flowing eastward to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. River, southwestern and southern central Canada. The largest river system of Alberta and Saskatchewan, it rises in the Canadian Rockies as the North and South Saskatchewan rivers, which are 800 mi (1,287 km) and 865 mi (1,392 km) long, respectively. The combined streams continue east 340 mi (550 km) to enter Lake Winnipeg. Once important as a fur-trading route, it now provides hydroelectric power and irrigation
North Saskatchewan
A river of south-central Canada flowing about 1,223 km (760 mi) generally eastward from the Rocky Mountains in western Alberta to central Saskatchewan where it joins the South Saskatchewan to form the Saskatchewan River
South Saskatchewan
A river of Canada flowing about 885 km (550 mi) from southern Alberta to central Saskatchewan to join the North Saskatchewan River and form the Saskatchewan River
University of Saskatchewan
Canadian public university in Saskatoon, founded in 1907. It has colleges of arts and sciences, graduate studies, agriculture, veterinary medicine, engineering, law, medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, commerce, education, and physical education
saskatchewan

    Hyphenation

    Sas·katch·e·wan

    Turkish pronunciation

    säskäçıwôn

    Pronunciation

    /saˈskaʧəˌwôn/ /sæˈskæʧəˌwɔːn/

    Etymology

    () From Cree kisiskāciwani-sīpiy (“swift-flowing river”).
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