Tip ‧ pe ‧ ca ‧ noe /ˌtɪpɪkəˈnuː/ BrE AmE
a river in Indiana in the US, where US soldiers led by William Henry Harrison won a battle against the Shawnee, a Native American people, in 1811. Harrison himself, who later became President of the US, was given the ↑ nickname ‘Tippecanoe’ after the battle.