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Well, I'm not entirely sure, but I assume it was an Native American name before people found it. I remember that when I was in fourth-grade, a boy said that it used to be called 'Nichigan', although I highly doubt that and you should, too. :)

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15y ago

Michigan is from an Algonquian Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" that means "big sea water" (referring to the Great Lakes).

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"Michigan" was named by the French, after the Ojibwe word "mishigama", which means "large water" or "large lake"

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The name Michigan comes from mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake" in the Ojibwa language.

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12y ago

Lake Michigan likely got its name from the Ojibwa word mishigami "great water".

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6y ago

Michigan comes from the Chippewa word "meicigama" which means "great water." It is what the Chippewa called Lake Superior.

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