Itasca

Meaning

Proper Noun

village DuPage County (county) Illinois (state) USA (country).
small city Hill County (county) Texas (state) USA (country).

Origin

A pseudo-Indian word coined by Henry Schoolcraft for Lake Itasca, the true source of the Mississippi River, from Latin veritas ("truth") and Latin caput ("head").

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