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Rupertia
[< Rupert's Land, q.v.]
Obs.
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n.
a name once suggested for what is now Winnipeg.
See: Rupert's Land
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.