Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to Eh Buddy Hoser@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago51st sta- wait WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN 11TH PROVINCE??lemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down17
arrow-up1141arrow-down1image51st sta- wait WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN 11TH PROVINCE??lemmy.worldSine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to Eh Buddy Hoser@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 days agoIt’s better with Iroquois names.
minus-squaredrcobaltjedi@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoMichigan is an Ojibwe name. It means “Large lake”
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoThey aren’t renaming the lake, they are naming it after the group of Iroquois who used to live there.
minus-squaredrcobaltjedi@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoI didn’t say they were renaming the lake. Ojibwe used to like in that area too, hence why the lake has that name.
It’s better with Iroquois names.
Michigan is an Ojibwe name. It means “Large lake”
They aren’t renaming the lake, they are naming it after the group of Iroquois who used to live there.
I didn’t say they were renaming the lake. Ojibwe used to like in that area too, hence why the lake has that name.