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单词 muskego
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Muskegon.

Brit. /mʌˈskiːɡəʊ/, U.S. /məˈskiˌɡoʊ/, Canadian English /mʌˈskiːɡoː/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, Muskegos.
Forms:

α. 1700s Maskego, 1700s–1800s Muscago, 1800s Mushkeag (irregular), 1800s Muskeegoo, 1800s Muskigo, 1800s– Muskego, 1900s– Mushkego.

β. 1800s Mashkegon, 1800s– Maskegon, 1800s– Muskegon.

Origin: A borrowing from Swampy Cree. Etymon: Swampy Cree omaske·ko·w.
Etymology: < Swampy Cree omaske·ko·w, self-designation, lit. ‘muskeg person’ < Cree maske·k (see muskeg n.). In the β. forms via Canadian French Maskégon.Renderings of the plural of the Swampy Cree self-designation omaške·ko·wak (e.g. Maskègowuk, Muskeggouck) are occasionally found in English contexts.
A member of a North American Indian people inhabiting a swampy region on the western coast of Hudson and James Bays, Canada. Also called Swampy Cree.
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mountainer1625
Montagnais1654
mountaineer1703
Cree1760
Mistassini1781
Muskego1785
Red Indian1796
Chipewyan1801
Beothuk1828
red man1842
Naskapi1849
1785 P. Pond in H. R. Wagner Peter Pond (1955) (caption to map 1) Muscago-Indians-Country.
1791 Jrnl. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1794) 1st Ser. III. 24 The tribes of Indians which he passed through, were called the Maskego tribe, Shepeweyau, Cithinistinee..and several others, who in general were very pacifick.
1830 E. James Narr. John Tanner 316 The Muskegoes..inhabit the low and cheerless swamps on the borders of Hudson's Bay.
1870 D. Cameron tr. A. Taché Sketch North-west of Amer. 120 The Crees..in all respects appear to be intermediate between the Saulteaux and Maskegons.
1926 R. Douglas & J. N. Wallace tr. N. Jérémie Twenty Years York Factory 1694–1714 20 A nation called Dogribs who make war on our Maskegons.
1986 R. B. Morrison & C. R. Wilson Native Peoples 209 The term Muskego in fact often referred to Northern Ojibwa speakers and not to Cree.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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