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Winnipeg is named after nearby Lake Winnipeg, 65 km (40 mi) north of the city.English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in 1690. He adopted the Cree and Ojibwe name win-nipi (also transcribed win-nipiy or ouenpig) meaning "murky water" or "muddy water" [12] [13] [14] (modern Cree: wīnipēk, ᐑᓂᐯᐠ).
Winnipeg is ranked second for Canada's clearest skies year-round, sixth sunniest city year-round, and second for sunniest city in Canada in spring and winter. [18] Winnipeg is sunnier in the summer, spring, and winter than any Canadian city east of it. [33] Winnipeg has short daylight hours in the winter and long daylight hours in the summer.
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