Washtenaw County

English

Etymology

From an Ojibwe word, O-wash-ta-nong, meaning "faraway waters", referring to the Grand River, which was in the county before boundary changes.

Proper noun

Washtenaw County

  1. one of 83 counties in Michigan, USA, with its county seat in Ann Arbor.
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