Milwaukee

Meaning

Proper Noun

The largest city in Wisconsin (state) and the county seat of Milwaukee (county) County.
(unincorporated) community North Carolina (state).
(unincorporated) community Pennsylvania (state).

Origin

Perhaps from Potawatomi minwaking, Ojibwe ominowakiing ("gathering place (by the water)"), or an Algonquin word meaning for “the good land”.

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