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Where does “Μισισίπι” come from?

Μισισίπι (Greek) comes from English Mississippi, from Ojibwe misi-ziibi — great river.

Ancestry of “Μισισίπι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMississippiUsed in a common chronometric counting scheme, in...
2Ojibwemisi-ziibigreat river
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