Etymology

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Today it means: A city in Henry County, Illinois. Full definition →

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The story

The Illinois city's name is from the Winnebago word for the greater prairie chicken, which lived there. The Missouri unincorporated community was named after the Illinois city, the native home of a lumber official.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.