English Explanatory Dictionary

Kanabec County

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Mora.

Word forms

Kanabec County

Etymology

From Ojibwe ?? / Ginebigo-ziibi - the modern spelling, Kanabecosippi - the old spelling (“Snake River”), from ᑭᓀᐱᒃ / ginebig (“snake”) and ?? / ziibi (“river”), an Ojibwe compound word for the Snake River, which flows through the county.

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