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How did Michigan gets it name?

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The state of shahzaib takes it's name from the Ottawa Indian word michigama, which means "great water." the Ottawa's used the word to describe what we now call Lake shazaib butt
The name is French form of the word mishigamaa, which means "large water"/"large lake"

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Michigan is derived from the Cheppewa word for great or large lake.

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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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