Gitche Gumee
English
Alternative forms
- Gichi Gami
- Gichigami
- Kitchi Gami
Etymology
From Ojibwe gichigami (“big lake”).
Proper noun
Gitche Gumee
- (colloquial) Lake Superior.
- 1909, James Anson Farrer, Invasion and Conscription: Some Letters from a Mere Civilian to a Famous General
- But this presents no difficulty to “Gitche Gumee,” for the German weather forecasts could easily enable the force to choose a period of calm or of favourable winds.
- 1974-05-27, Sports Illustrated, https://www.si.com/vault/1974/05/27/614719/off-the-shores-of-gitche-gumee
- OFF THE SHORES OF GITCHE GUMEE (article title)
- 1976, Gordon Lightfoot, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”:
- The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down / Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee.
- 2012, Bradley Carlson, Wisconsin 1 Step at a Time: Taking Steps to Trample Muscular Dystrophy, iUniverse →ISBN, page 111
- The Race to Lake Gitche Gumee Begins
- 2014, Jennifer Billock, Keweenaw County, Arcadia Publishing →ISBN, page 69
- Perhaps the most well known is Gitche Gumee. Long before settlers arrived in Keweenaw County, the Ojibwa gave the great lake this name, translating to “big water.”
- 1909, James Anson Farrer, Invasion and Conscription: Some Letters from a Mere Civilian to a Famous General