Etymology

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Today it means: A city, the county seat of Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. Full definition →

Ojibwe bemijigamaag
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The story

  1. Ojibwe · borrowed frombemijigamaag“a lake with crossing waters”
  2. English todayBemidji

From Ojibwe bemijigamaag (“a lake with crossing waters”).

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