drcobaltjedi comments on 51st sta- wait WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN 11TH PROVINCE??

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

Michigan is an Ojibwe name. It means "Large lake"

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

They aren't renaming the lake, they are naming it after the group of Iroquois who used to live there.

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[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 0 points 7 months ago

I didn't say they were renaming the lake. Ojibwe used to like in that area too, hence why the lake has that name.

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