Wisconsin

Etymology
Borrowed from, itself borrowed from an uncertain Native American language. Theories include:


 * 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬, both meaning "it lies red", the name given to the Wisconsin River by one of the Algonquian-speaking American Indian groups living in the region at the time of European contact. "Meskousing" is known from maps drawn by the French from the 1670s onwards, it is believed subsequent transcribers mistook the stylized cursive "M" for "OU".
 * , from Wēskōhsek Sēpēw ("the river where it is good to live")
 * An 🇨🇬 term, suggestions include, referring to the red sandstone of the ; and , referring to the dwellings of the abundant beavers and muskrats.

A researcher for the State of Wisconsin Historical Society concluded in frustration, "I have not found two Indians to agree on the meaning of this word."

Derived terms

 * Wisconsinian
 * Wisconsinian

Translations

 * Arabic: وِيسْكُنْسِن, وِيسْكُونْسِن, وِيسْكُونْسِين
 * Armenian: Վիսկոնսինա
 * Bengali: উইসকনসিন
 * Bulgarian: Уиско́нсин
 * Burmese: ဝစ္စကွန်းဆင်
 * Cherokee: ᏫᏍᎧᏂᏏᏂ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Wisconsin
 * Esperanto: Viskonsino
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ვისკონსინი, უისკონსინი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: विस्कांसिन
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ウィスコンシン
 * Khmer: វីស្កុនស៊ីន
 * Korean: ^위스콘신
 * Macedonian: Виско́нсин
 * Navajo: Wiskaansin hahoodzo
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe: Wiskonsiwakiing, Wazhashkwadoong
 * Persian: ویسکانسین
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: วิสคอนซิน
 * Turkish: Wisconsin
 * Ukrainian: Віско́нсин
 * Urdu: وسکونسن
 * Walloon:
 * West Frisian: Wiskonsin
 * Yiddish: וויסקאָנסין

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