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How did wisconson get its name?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

It is a very corrupted version of the native Algonquian name (perhaps either Ojibwa or Miami) which may refer to the red stone found in the area. The Ojibwa word for stone is asiniins and the whole word may be miskwaasin, red stone.

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