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Milwaukee

/mɪlˈwɔː.kiː/ · name

Meaning

  1. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Northampton County, North Carolina.
  2. The largest city in Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County.
  3. An unincorporated community in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
  4. A number of places in the United States.

Etymology / origin

Perhaps from Potawatomi minwaking, or Ojibwe ominowakiing (“gathering place (by the water)”), or an Algonquin word meaning for “the good land”.

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