List of U.S. Place Names of French Origin - Wisconsin

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin (anglicized from the French "Ouisconsin", which in turn is a corruption of the Ojibwe "Meskonsing")
• Allouez (after Claude-Jean Allouez)
• Apple River (corruption of the French Rivière Pomme de Terre des Cygnes, which in turn is a translation from the Ojibwe Waabiziipinikaani-ziibi, "River abundant with swan potatoes")
• Argonne (from the Argonne Forest in France)
• Belle Plaine ("beautiful plain")
• Bellevue ("beautiful view")
• Bois Brule River ("burnt wood")
• Calumet County (French for Menominee peace pipe)
• Cassel (a town in France)
• Couderay (from lac courte oreilles, "short ears")
• De Pere (from les rapides des pères, "the rapids of the fathers")
• Eau Claire ("clear water")
• Eau Galle ("gall water")
• Eau Pleine ("full water")
• Flambeau ("torch")
• Fond du Lac ("bottom of the lake")
• Grand Chute ("great fall")
• Green Bay (anglicized from the French baie verte, previously "Baie des Puants" - "Bay of Stinks")
• La Crosse ("the crozier")
• La Farge
• La Grange (originally "La Grane" after the native place of General La Fayette)
• La Pointe (from la pointe de Chequamegon, the area around Chequamegon Bay)
• La Valle ("the valley")
• Lac Courte Oreilles ("lake short ears")
• Lac du Flambeau ("lake of the torch")
• Lac La Belle ("Lake the beautiful or beautiful lake")
• Lake Butte des Morts ("hill of the dead")
• Marquette (after Father Jacques Marquette)
• Montreal ("Royal Mountain", after Montréal, Québec)
• Nicolet National Forest (after Jean Nicolet)
• Portage (originally named for the Fox-Wisconsin portage)
• Prairie du Chien ("dog prairie")
• Prairie du Sac ("prairie of the Sac people")
• Presque Isle (from presqu'île, "peninsula")
• Racine ("root", after the Root River)
• Radisson ("radish")
• St. Croix Falls (after the St. Croix ("Holy Cross") river, named c. 1689)
• Superior (from Lake Superior / Lac Supérieur - meaning "upper" in this context)
• Trempealeau River (from "trempe à l'eau", "plunge into the water")