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Me·sabi Range (mə sä′bē)

range of hills in NE Minn., containing rich iron ore deposits

Etymology: < Ojibwa missabe wudjiu, giant mountain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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