Ogema, derived from the
Anishinaabemowin
Ojibwe , also known as Ojibwa , Ojibway, Otchipwe,R. R. Bishop Baraga, 1878''A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language''/ref> Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin, is an Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous language o ...
word ''ogimaa'' meaning "chief", may refer to:
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Ogema, Minnesota
Ogema is a city in Becker County, Minnesota, Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 208 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , ...
, a city in Becker County, Minnesota, United States
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Ogema, Wisconsin
Ogema is a town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 882 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Ogema is located in the town.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total are ...
, a town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States
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Ogema (community), Wisconsin
Ogema is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Ogema, Price County, Wisconsin, United States. Ogema is located on Wisconsin Highway 86 near its junction with Wisconsin Highway 13, south of Prentice. Ogema has a po ...
, an unincorporated community in Price County, Wisconsin, United States
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Ogema Township, Minnesota
Ogema Township is a township in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 298 at the 2000 census.
Ogema is a name derived from the Ojibwe language ''ogimaa'' meaning "chief".
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau ...
, a township in Pine County, Minnesota, United States
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Ogema, Saskatchewan
Ogema is a town with a population of 403 located in south Central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is approximately south of Saskatchewan's capital city, Regina, and about midway between Weyburn and Assiniboia on Saskatchewan Highway 13.
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, a town in Saskatchewan, Canada (named by switching the positions of the consonants in "Omega"—the town was at the end of the rail line, but another town was already called Omega)
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John Okemos
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
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Ogemaw
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Sachem
Sachems and sagamores are paramount chiefs among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of northeastern North America, including the Iroquois. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms (c. 1622) from different Eastern Al ...
, cognate word meaning "chief"
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