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The Ojibwe word for it is “the leading sea” Niigami-gitchigami although my ancestors lived further west, naming Superior “anashinabewi-gitchigami” for themselves. The “Gitchigami” part (spellings vary and I’m bad at remembering the current version) means “sea” or “big lake” or “ocean” or all three, really
Anashinabewi-gitchigami (or even "lake anashinabewi") sounds so much cooler than "lake superior". I know it's a tired thing to advocate for but I really feel like all american toponyms need to be renamed back to their native american versions, maybe picking the tribe that was closest to the toponym (or the coolest one) when there are different names.