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Pembine
Origin of Pembine, Wisconsin
Means "cranberries". From the Cree word "nipimina" meaning "water berries". Potawatomi word "piembien" means "when you go to sleep."
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[Source: Milwaukee Sentinel, Aug. 29, 1939.]