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Jan 29, 2018 · As Alice Cooper famously told Wayne Campbell in Wayne’s World, Milwaukee is an old Algonquin word meaning, “the Good Land.” While Cooper isn’t exactly wrong in his impromptu Milwaukee history lesson, the true origin of Milwaukee’s name remains something of a mystery.
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Feb 2, 2018 · As Alice Cooper explained in the 1992 cult classic Wayne’s World, the name Milwaukee comes from the Algonquin word millioke, meaning “the good land.” Minowakiing, which has the same meaning, is another commonly accepted origin word for Milwaukee.
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Anyone who has seen Wayne’s World remembers the scene where shock rock godfather Alice Cooper proclaims that Milwaukee comes from an Algonquin term for ‘The Good Land’. Well, it turns out Alice isn’t entirely accurate (or rather, the scriptwriters are a bit off in their research).
Milwaukee takes its name from the river, which had been the site of an Indian village since Wisconsin was first known to Europeans. The area was known to have been an Indian council place, believed to have been rising ground in the vicinity of modern Wisconsin Ave. and Fifth St.
In fact, the name "Milwaukee" is derived from an Algonquian word Millioke, meaning “good land,” and from a Potawatomi word Minwaking meaning “gathering place by the waters.” Today, members of various tribes still call Milwaukee home.
Oct 14, 2016 · The place where Milwaukee stands today was a destination, even then, for all kinds of indigenous people to meet, talk, negotiate and celebrate. So whatever they called this place, the name ...
