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Shawinigan.

Shawinigan (a city in the Mauricie region, Quebec)

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name/ʃa.wi.ni.ɡan/
  1. Shawinigan (a city in the Mauricie region, Quebec)

  2. a regional county municipality of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada

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Borrowed from English Shawinigan, a transliteration of the Amerind terms used for the area. The municipality is named after the city.

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