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Pembine

Origin of Pembine, Wisconsin

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Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

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.]