gichi-mookomaan-aki
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Ojibwe
[edit]Etymology
[edit]gichi- (“big”) + mookomaan (“knife, saber”) + aki (“land”). Compare Plains Cree kihci-môhkomân-askîhk (“United States of America”).
Proper noun
[edit]gichi-mookomaan-aki (inanimate noun)
- United States of America
Related terms
[edit]- gichi-mookomaan na, ni
References
[edit]- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary (http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu)