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