DCHP-3

Rupertia

[< Rupert's Land, q.v.]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a name once suggested for what is now Winnipeg.

Quotations

1860
The name of the metropolis should be a surname for all your expected pilgrim-children: a cognomen of te first and highest rank--nothing less comprehensive than "Rupertia."
1861
An estimable clergyman lately suggested RUPERTIA as a suitable one.