English
Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island comes from Ojibwe Mishimikinaak.
- OjibwemodernMishimikinaakliterally ‘big turtle’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Mackinac Island
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- OjibwemodernMishimikinaakliterally ‘big turtle’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Mackinac Island
Earliest quotation: 2015, Rosemary McClure, Michigan: Flower power at Mackinac Island's Lilac Festival: “Check out the flower power on Mackinac Island in…”
Every English word from Ojibwe Mishimikinaak
Today it means
name An island in Michigan, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ojibwe Mishimikinaak / Mackinac Island