Winnebagoes

Variant of Winnebago

Winnebago definition

Win·ne·bago (win′ə bā′gō)

noun

  1. pl. Winnebagos -·gos or Winnebagoes -·goes a member of a North American Indian people of E Wisconsin, now also living in Nebraska
  2. the Siouan language of this people

Etymology: < Fox wiinepyeekooha, lit., person of dirty water: with ref. to muddy waters of a nearby river: akin to Winnipeg

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