There are a couple of theories about Moose Jaw's name. One is that the rivers that it sits on kind of look like a moose's jaw. The one I think has more credibility is the one on the Moose Jaw city website: "The name Moose Jaw comes from a Cree name for the place, moscâstani-sîpiy, meaning “a warm place by the river”. The first two syllables, moscâ-, sound remarkably like moose jaw." That makes sense to me, because many places on the prairies have names of Indigenous origin.
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