gichi-mookomaan-aki

Ojibwe

Etymology

gichi-mookomaan (“a white person; an American”) +‎ aki (“land”).

Proper noun

gichi-mookomaan-aki inan (locative gichi-mookomaan-akiing)

1. the United States of America

Descendants

Descendants

• → Plains Cree: kihci-môhkomân-askîhk (calque)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/gichi-mookomaan-aki-ni