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| Ojibwemowin Place Name |
English Translation |
Modern Place Name |
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| Asabiikone-zaaga'iganiing |
net-shining lake |
Nett Lake (lake & res.) |
| AWASAAKIING |
beyond the hill |
Wausaukee |
| BEMIJIGAMAAG |
where the route crosses obliquely |
Bemidji |
| BOOJWIIKWEDONG |
horn (-shaped) bay |
Green Bay |
| GAKAABIKAANG |
falls (square-hard) |
Minneapolis |
| GAKAABIKAANSING |
little falls |
Little Falls |
| Gaa-miskwaabikaag |
red rock |
Red Cliff (res.) |
| GAA-MISKWAAWAAKOKAAG |
place of red cedar |
Cass Lake |
| GAA-NAMEGOSIKAAG |
place of lake trout |
Chicaugon Lake |
| GAA-NIIZHOGAMAAG |
twin lakes |
Nay-Tah-Waush |
| Gaa-waabaabiganikaag |
white earth |
White Earth (res.) |
| Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag |
where leeches are |
Leech Lake (lake & res.) |
| GETE-GITIGAANING |
old garden/field |
Lac Vieux Desert |
| GETE-OODENAANG |
old town |
Superior |
| GIBAAKWA'IGAANSING |
little dam |
Onamia |
| Gichi-onigamiing |
big portage |
Grand Portage (res.) |
| GICHI-WIIKWEDONG |
big bay |
Ashland |
| Gichi-wiikwedong |
big bay |
L'Anse (res.) |
| MADAABIIMONG |
landing-place |
Redby |
| Mashkii-ziibiing |
marshy river |
Bad River (res.) |
| MAANANOONSING |
Ironwood (hop hornbeam) |
Ironwood |
| Misi-zaaga'iganiing |
lake spread out all over |
Mille Lacs (lake & res.) |
| Miskwaagamiiwizaaga'iganiing |
lake of red liquid |
Red Lake (lake & res.) |
| MOONINGWANEKAANING |
place of yellow flickers |
La Pointe |
| Nagaajiwanaang |
where the river stops |
Fond du Lac (res.) |
| NEZHINGWAAKOKAANSING |
little place of pines |
Ponsford |
| OBAASHIING |
windy point |
Ponemah |
| Odaawaa-zaaga'iganiing |
Ottawa lake |
Lac Court Oreilles (res.) |
| ODOONAAGANING |
her bowl |
Ontonagon |
| OGAAKAANING |
place of walleye |
Red Lake (village) |
| Onamanii-zaaga'iganiing |
lake of red clay for painting |
Vermilion Lake |
| ONIGAMIINSING |
little portage |
Duluth |
| OZAAGIIZIIBIING |
Sauk river |
St. Cloud |
| WAABANONG |
east |
Waubun |
| Waaswaaganing |
jack-light |
Lac du Flambeau (res.) |
| Wenji-maajiijiwang |
where the river begins from |
source of the Mississippi |
| ZHEDE-ZHIIBIING |
pelican river |
Rhinelander |
