• Source: List of Michigan placenames of Native American origin

Many places throughout the state of Michigan take their names from Native American indigenous languages. This list includes counties, townships, and settlements whose names are derived from indigenous languages in Michigan.
The primary Native American languages in Michigan are Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, all of which are dialects of Algonquin. Some other places names in Michigan are found to be derived from Sauk, Oneida, Wyandot, Abenaki, Shawnee, Mohawk, Seneca, Seminole, Iroquois, and Delaware, although many of these tribes are not found in Michigan.




Municipalities






= State

=
Michigan – derived from Ottawa "mishigami" meaning "large water" or "great water" in reference to the Great Lakes.

Village of Michigan Center
Lake Michigan




= Counties

=

Some of Michigan's counties have names invented by the ethnologist Henry Schoolcraft, usually adapted from parts of Native American words, but sometimes having parts from Greek, Arabic and Latin roots.




= Other settlements

=




Natural features






= Bodies of water

=




= Islands

=




= Other

=
Muscamoot Ridge




See also


List of place names in the United States of Native American origin
List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin
List of Illinois placenames of Native American origin
List of Indiana placenames of Native American origin
List of Minnesota placenames of Native American origin
List of Ohio placenames of Native American origin
List of Wisconsin placenames of Native American origin




References






= Citations

=




= Sources

=

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar julukan kota di Amerika Serikat
• List of Michigan placenames of Native American origin
• List of Wisconsin placenames of Native American origin
• List of Ohio placenames of Native American origin
• List of Colorado placenames of Native American origin
• List of Indiana placenames of Native American origin
• List of Illinois placenames of Native American origin
• List of Connecticut placenames of Native American origin
• List of Mississippi placenames of Native American origin
• List of West Virginia placenames of Native American origin
• Meauwataka, Michigan