Key to Ojibwe Place Names
Ojibwemong
| Zhaaganaashiimong
| Gichi-mookomaanimong |
Asabiikone-zaaga'iganiing
| net-shining lake
| Nett Lake (lake & res.) |
AWASAAKIING
| beyond the hill
| Wausaukee |
BEMIJIGAMAAG
| where the route crosses obliquely
| Bemidji |
BOOJWIIKWEDONG
| horn (-shaped) bay
| Green Bay |
GAKAABIKAANG
| falls (square-hard)
| Minneapolis |
GAKAABIKAANSING
| little falls
| Little Falls |
Gaa-miskwaabikaag
| red rock
| Red Cliff (res.) |
GAA-MISKWAAWAAKOKAAG
| place of red cedar
| Cass Lake |
GAA-NAMEGOSIKAAG
| place of lake trout
| Chicaugon Lake |
GAA-NIIZHOGAMAAG
| twin lakes
| Nay-Tah-Waush |
Gaa-waabaabiganikaag
| white earth
| White Earth (res.) |
Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag
| where leeches are
| Leech Lake (lake & res.) |
GETE-GITIGAANING
| old garden/field
| Lac Vieux Desert |
GETE-OODENAANG
| old town
| Superior |
GIBAAKWA'IGAANSING
| little dam
| Onamia |
Gichi-onigamiing
| big portage
| Grand Portage (res.) |
GICHI-WIIKWEDONG
| big bay
| Ashland |
Gichi-wiikwedong
| big bay
| L'Anse (res.) |
MADAABIIMONG
| landing-place
| Redby |
Mashkii-ziibiing
| marshy river
| Bad River (res.) |
MAANANOONSING
| ironwood (hop hornbeam)
| Ironwood |
Misi-zaaga'iganiing
| lake spread out all over
| Mille Lacs (lake & res.) |
Miskwaagamiiwizaaga'iganiing
| lake of red liquid
| Red Lake (lake & res.) |
MOONINGWANEKAANING
| place of yellow flickers
| La Pointe |
Nagaajiwanaang
| where the river stops
| Fond du Lac (res.) |
NEZHINGWAAKOKAANSING
| little place of pines
| Ponsford |
OBAASHIING
| windy point
| Ponemah |
Odaawaa-zaaga'iganiing
| Ottawa lake
| Lac Court Oreilles (res.) |
ODOONAAGANING
| her bowl
| Ontonagon |
OGAAKAANING
| place of walleye
| Red Lake (village) |
Onamanii-zaaga'iganiing
| lake of red clay for painting
| Vermilion Lake (lake & res.) |
ONIGAMIINSING
| little portage
| Duluth |
OZAAGIIZIIBIING
| Sauk river
| St. Cloud |
WAABANONG
| east
| Waubun |
Waaswaaganing
| jack-light
| Lac du Flambeau (res.) |
Wenji-maajiijiwang
| where the river begins from
| source of the Mississippi |
ZHEDE-ZIIBIING
| pelican river
| Rhinelander |