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Moose Jaw

Moose Jaw city (1991 pop. 33,593), S central Sask., Canada. It is a railroad and distribution center, with oil refineries, meatpacking and dairy-processing plants, flour, lumber, and woolen mills, stockyards, and Canada's largest jet-training base.

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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan/Canada The city is named after the Moose Jaw River and was founded in 1882. The name probably comes from moosgaw, a word for the warm breezes here; when pronounced in English the word sounded like Moose Jaw. It is unlikely that the name has anything to do with the shape of the jawbone of a moose.

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