Term: Waunakee [origin of place name]
Definition: Named "after a friendly Indian that camped near the mill." There was once a flour mill in the area, which was largely an Irish settlement. "Waunaki," in Chippewa, means "he lives in peace."
[Source: Card file at the WHS Library reference desk;
Madison, Wis. Capital Times, 4 Mar. 1943.]
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