Winnebagos

Variant of Winnebago

noun

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

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

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