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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WINNEBAGOES

Win `ne *ba "goes, n.; sing. Winnebago (. (Ethnol.)

 

Defn: A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 164 by the IIlinnois.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Winnebago

Win ne ba go |ˌwinəˈbāgō ˌwɪnəˈbeɪɡoʊ | noun ( pl. same or Winnebagos ) 1 a member of an American Indian people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin and now mainly in southern Wisconsin and Nebraska. 2 the Siouan language of this people. 3 ( pl. Winnebagos ) trademark a motor vehicle with living accommodations used when traveling long distances or camping. adjective of or relating to the Winnebago people or their language. ORIGIN Algonquian, literally person of the dirty water, referring to the muddy Fox River.

 

Winnebago, Lake

Win ne ba go, Lake |ˌwinəˈbāgō ˌleɪk ˌwɪnəˈbeɪɡoʊ | the largest lake in Wisconsin, in the east central part of the state.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Winnebago

Winnebago |ˌwɪnəˈbeɪgəʊ | noun ( pl. same or Winnebagos ) 1 a member of an American Indian people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin and now mainly in southern Wisconsin and Nebraska. 2 [ mass noun ] the Siouan language of the Winnebago, now with few speakers. 3 US trademark a motor vehicle with living accommodation used when travelling long distances or camping. adjective relating to the Winnebago people or their language. ORIGIN Algonquian, literally person of the dirty water , referring to the muddy Fox River.

 

Winnebago, Lake

Win ne ba go, Lake |ˌwinəˈbāgō ˌleɪk ˌwɪnəˈbeɪɡoʊ | the largest lake in Wisconsin, in the east central part of the state.