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Misha Mokwa
Origin of Misha Mokwa, Wisconsin
Means- great bear- The word is used to designate a bear of extraordinary size- the patriarch, as it were, of all bears. (v.)Muck-wah= bear- mi-chi-muck-wah= big bear (w.)
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