The word Washtenaw is a variant of the
Ojibwe word: "Wash-ten-ong," the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) name for the
Grand River in
Michigan.
The name "Washtenaw" was originally applied to the first county west of Detroit, and has since been applied to:
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Washtenaw County, Michigan
*Washtenaw Avenue, a road in
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Washtenaw County. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor ...
,
Ypsilanti, Michigan,
Harper Woods, Michigan
Harper Woods is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city had a population of 15,492 at the 2020 census.
Harper Woods is a northeastern suburb of Metro Detroit and shares its southern and western border with the city of Det ...
, and
Chicago, Illinois
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Washtenaw Community College, a
community college in
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Washtenaw County. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor ...
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