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The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Minnesota whose names are derived from Native American languages.

## Listings[edit]

### State[edit]

* Minnesota – from the Dakota phrase mni-sota, meaning "turbid water".[1][2]

### Counties[edit]

* Anoka County
* Shared with the city of Anoka.
* Chippewa County
* Chisago County – shortened from the Ojibwe language: Gichi-zaaga'igan "Big lake"
* Dakota County
* Isanti County
* Shared with the city of Isanti
* Kanabeck County – from the Ojibwe language: Ginebiko-ziibiing "At the Snake River"
* Kandiyohi County
* Shared with the city of Kandiyohi
* Koochiching County – from the Ojibwe language: Gojijiing "At the inlet"
* Mahnomen County – from the Ojibwe language: Manoomin "Wild rice"
* Shared with the city of Mahnomen
* Wabasha County
* Wadena County
* Shared with the city of Wadena.
* Waseca County
* Shared with the city of Waseca.
* Watonwan County
* Winona County
* Shared with the city of Winona.

### Settlements[edit]

* Ah-gwah-ching – from the Ojibwe language: Agwajiing "Outdoors"
* Bejou – from the Ojibwe language: Bizhiw "bobcat, lynx"
* Bemidji – Shortened from the Ojibwe language: Bemijigamaag "Traversing lake"
* Lake Bemidji
* Bena – From the Ojibwe language: Bine "grouse, partridge"
* Chanhassen
* Chaska
* Chengwatana – from the Ojibwe language: Zhingwaadena "Pine-town"
* Chokio
* Cohasset
* Cokato
* Endion – from the Ojibwe language: Endaayaan "my home"
* Eyota
* Hackensack
* Hanska
* Hokah
* Kabetogama – from the Ojibwe language: Gaa-biitoogamaag "Place of paralleling water-body"
* Kanaranzi
* Kasota
* Keewatin – from the Ojibwe language: Giiwedin "North"
* Keewaydin, Minneapolis – from the Ojibwe language: Giiwedin "North"
* Mahtomedi
* Mahtowa
* Mankato
* Menahga
* Mendota
* Mendota Heights
* Minnehaha
* Minnehaha Creek
* Minnehaha Falls
* Minneiska
* Minneola
* Minnetonka
* Muskoda
* Nashwauk
* Nokomis – from the Ojibwe language: Nookomis "my grandmother".
* Nokomis East – from the Ojibwe language: Nookomis "my grandmother".
* Nisswa
* Township and City of Ogema – from the Ojibwe language: Ogimaa "Chief, leader"
* Okabena
* Onamia
* Otsego
* Ottawa
* Owanka
* Owatonna
* Pequot Lakes
* Pokegama – from the Ojibwe language: Bakegamaa "Side lake"
* Puposky
* Saco
* Saginaw
* Sebeka
* Shakopee – from the Dakota language: Shák'pí "Six"
* Squaw Lake
* Wabasso
* Waconia
* Wahkon
* Wakemup
* Wannaska
* Wasioja
* Waubun – from the Ojibwe language: Waaban "Dawn/East"
* Waukenabo
* Wawina
* Wayzata
* Wenonah
* Yucatan

### Bodies of water[edit]

* Bde Maka Ska
* Lake Esquagama
* Esquagamah Lake
* Inguadona Lake
* Lake Kabetogama
* Kawishiwi River
* Kitchi Lake
* Minnesota River
* Mississippi River
* Nemadji River
* Lake Ogechie
* Ogishke Muncie Lake
* Pokegama Lake
* Lake Saganaga
* Sauk River (Minnesota)
* Lake Shakopee
* Lake Sisabagama
* Siseebakwet Lake
* Us-kab-wan-ka River
* Watab River
* Lake Winnibigoshish

### Landforms[edit]

* Cayuga Range
* Mesabi Range

## See also[edit]

* List of place names in the United States of Native American origin

## References[edit]

### Citations[edit]

1. ^ Campbell (1997), p. 11. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFCampbell1997 (help)
2. ^ Harper, Douglas. "Minnesota". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2007-02-25.

### Sources[edit]

* Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 080613576X.
* Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195094271