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Michigan was taken from a Native American Word i believe spelt like "Michiganna" or similar. It means either "Great Lakes" or "Big Lake", If i remember right it was named this by the Ottawa Native Americans. Which lived their for some 10,000 years roughly, as history tells us.
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∙ 12y agoIn its Franco-Anglicised version it has no meaning in any language, but it comes originally from the Ojibwe mishi-gamaa meaning big lake. This was not heard or recorded correctly by early French and English explorers (as was the case with most native names).
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∙ 7y agoMichigan is from the Indian word "Michigana" which means "great or large lake".
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∙ 15y ago"Michigan" was named by the French, after the Ojibwe word "mishigama", which means "large water" or "large lake"
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∙ 12y agoMeans that if Michigan is a power than its a state
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∙ 13y agoMichigan is the name of a US state or river or lake. So, it is the same as in English.
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