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The French explorer Jacques Marquette arrived in the area of what is now Wisconsin and named the river near it (the Wisconsin River) Meskousing. The spelling of this river was boched by other explorers until it became Ouisconsin. The English spelled it so it was more pronouncable to the English-speaking tongue in the 19th century.
The name Wisconsin originates from the misspelling of the words Meskousing (Native American) and Ouisconsing. in 1830, the House of Representatives began the spelling of the name Wisconsin.
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∙ 12y agoWisconsin was first called "Wiskonsin" after its major river (called "mesuiking" by the Miami Indians and transliterated into "Ouisconsin" by the French) by James Duane Doty when he rallied to make the area a territory. The original Indian term means roughly "meanders through (something red)", which is believed refers to the red sandstone cliffs in Wisconsin Dells area.
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