DCHP-1 Online
Moniyas [see mooneas] 
n. See quote.
See also: mooneas (def. 2)
- 1926 "Moniyas." This is the Cree word for Canadian; but it means, as well, any newcomer, or "green horn." Moniyas stands for Canada, and, as in the Cree alphabet the letters "l" and "r" are wanting, it is probably the Indians effort to pronounce the word Montreal as the French voyageurs did. . . . The word is in common use on the Saskatchewan, even among whites who have mingled much with the natives of the country.
- 1926 "Moniyas." This is the Cree word for Canadian; but it means, as well, any newcomer, or "green horn." Moniyas stands for Canada, and, as in the Cree alphabet the letters "l" and "r" are wanting, it is probably the Indians effort to pronounce the word Montreal as the French voyageurs did. . . . The word is in common use on the Saskatchewan, even among whites who have mingled much with the natives of the country.