Winnipeg
/ˈwɪnɪpeg/- the capital of Manitoba, situated in the south of the province at the confluence of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers, to the south of Lake Winnipeg; pop. 633,451 (2006). First settled as a French trading post in 1738, it became a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821. It grew rapidly after the arrival of the railway in 1881.温尼伯(马尼托巴省省会, 位于该省南部的阿西尼博因河和雷德河汇合处, 温尼伯湖南面, 2006年人口633,451; 1738年始为法国的一个贸易站, 1821年成为哈得孙湾公司的贸易站; 1881年铁路通车后得到迅速发展)。