The Etymology and History of the Placename “Des Moines”
Abstract The original form of the placename “Des Moines” was created by a seventeenth-century French mapmaker. It was given a new life — and its present form — by an early nineteenth-century French-speaking mapmaker. However, the name “Moines” comes from an American Indian tribe name that has underg...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2015-06-01
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| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2043 |