English Explanatory Dictionary

Itasca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in the United States:
  2. A village in DuPage County, Illinois.
  3. A township in Sherman County, Kansas.
  4. A township in Clearwater County, Minnesota.
  5. A small city in Hill County, Texas.

Word forms

Itasca

Etymology

A pseudo-Indian word coined by Henry Schoolcraft for Lake Itasca, the true source of the Mississippi River, from Latin veritas (“truth”) and Latin caput (“head”).

Derived words

Itasca County
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