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archaeological dig . We will start with this modern " surface " spelling and work our way back down to Marquette's original term . Directly underlying the modern spelling " Wisconsin " is the historic French form variously spelled ...
archaeological dig . We will start with this modern " surface " spelling and work our way back down to Marquette's original term . Directly underlying the modern spelling " Wisconsin " is the historic French form variously spelled ...
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... spelling was spawned in 1674 simply from his memory , a year before Marquette's backup report and the original < Meskousing > spelling arrived in Quebec . The fact that Jolliet's < Miskonsing > is a meaningless term certainly supports ...
... spelling was spawned in 1674 simply from his memory , a year before Marquette's backup report and the original < Meskousing > spelling arrived in Quebec . The fact that Jolliet's < Miskonsing > is a meaningless term certainly supports ...
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... spelling to Kathe- rine - but then comes back strongly in the 1980s along with its other Irish cousin Kaitlyn . For the century as a whole , Katherine definitely deserves the title of the most typical American female name . But perhaps ...
... spelling to Kathe- rine - but then comes back strongly in the 1980s along with its other Irish cousin Kaitlyn . For the century as a whole , Katherine definitely deserves the title of the most typical American female name . But perhaps ...
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American Indian placenames in the United States | 15 |
the derivation and referent of an old puzzle | 39 |
Placenames derived from Chinook Jargon in the state | 57 |
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