The Midwest - Native American City Names

The 50 most populated cities in the Midwest U.S. that have Native American etymology.

Some theories about the etymology/name origin are more uncertain than others, in which case the prevailing or more accepted theory is presented.

Based on city proper population and not total metropolitan area.

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Hint	Population	Language of Origin	Translation	Answer
IL	2,746,388	Miami-Illinois	"wild onion"	Chicago
WI	577,222	Ojibwe	"good land"	Milwaukee
IL	113,150	Miami–Illinois	"comes carrying a pack on his back"	Peoria
WI	99,986	Potawatomi	"place of the pike"	Kenosha
IL	89,321	Potawatomi	"little fort"	Waukegan
MI	76,501	Lenape	"at the big river flat"	Wyoming
MI	73,598	Potawatomi	"boiling water"	Kalamazoo
WI	71,158	Ojibwe	"foxes"	Waukesha
WI	66,816	Menominee	"claw"	Oshkosh
IN	59,604	Miami-Illinois	(eponymous chief)	Kokomo
MN	53,781	Ojibwe	"big waters"	Minnetonka
OH	51,114	Mohawk	"crooked river"	Cuyahoga (Falls)
IN	51,063	Potawatomi	"at the firewood-tree land"	Mishawaka
WI	49,929	Menominee	"at a hearing distance in the woods"	Sheboygan
WI	48,387	Potawatomi	"firefly"	Wauwatosa
MN	44,488	Dakota	"blue earth river"	Mankato
MI	44,202	Ojibwe	"place of the outlet"	Saginaw
MN	43,698	Dakota	(eponymous chief)	Shakopee
WI	39,994	Ojibwe	"place far away"	Wausau
MI	38,318	Odawa	"marshy river"	Muskegon
OH	35,726	Shawnee	"three creeks converging"	Gahanna
WI	34,626	Menominee	"land of spirits"	Manitowoc
MN	27,810	Dakota	(male forename)	Chaska
WI	27,319	Winnebago	"running water"	Neenah
MN	26,420	Dakota	"straight river"	Owatonna
MN	25,948	Sioux	(female forename)	Winona
MN	25,947	Dakota	"sugar-maple tree"	Chanhassen
IA	25,529	Meskwaki	"tumbling waters"	Ottumwa
WI	25,142	Ojibwe	"ladle"	Mequon
OH	25,095	Wyandot	"water"	Sandusky
IL	24,052	Miami-Illinois	"open land"	Kankakee
IA	23,940	Ojibwe	"place"	Waukee
IA	23,797	Meskwaki	"prairie"	Muscatine
OH	22,059	Shawnee	"principal town"	Chillicothe
OH	20,354	Shawnee	"ashes"	Piqua
MN	19,966	Mohawk	"place of the rock"	Otsego
IL	18,840	Ojibwe	"trade"	Ottawa
OH	17,975	Lenape	"always sharing around enough fish"	Ashtabula
MN	17,921	Dakota	"on both sides"	Anoka
OH	17,886	Lenape	"at some point a swell exists"	Pataskala
MI	14,714	Ojibwe	(eponymous chief)	Owosso
MN	14,574	Ojibwe	"a lake with crossing waters"	Bemidji
MN	13,742	Sioux	"spring"	Waconia
IL	12,509	Winnebago	"prairie chicken"	Kewanee
MI	12,450	Ojibwe	"land of the red buck"	Escanaba
OH	12,318	Seneca	"increasing waters"	Conneaut
IA	11,558	Muscogee	"black rain"	Oskaloosa
IL	11,150	Odawa	(eponymous chief)	Pontiac
OH	11,050	Lenape	"union of waters"	Coshocton
IN	10,440	Lenape	"pure white"	Wabash

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