Etymology

Kewaunee

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Today it means: A city, the county seat of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States, on Lake Michigan. Full definition →

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The story

Purportedly from an archaic Menominee term for "duck", "Kewāneh".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.