Etymology

Gitche Gumee

Today it means: Lake Superior. Full definition →

Ojibwe gichigami
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  1. Ojibwe · borrowed fromgichigami“big lake; a Great Lake; Lake Superior”
  2. English todayGitche Gumee

Borrowed from Ojibwe gichigami (“big lake; a Great Lake; Lake Superior”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.