Editing Milwaukee (section)

===Name===
The etymological origin of the name ''Milwaukee'' is disputed.<ref name="MilMagMilwaukeeMean"><!--supports the disputed origin-->{{Cite magazine|first=Matthew|last=Prigge|date=January 29, 2018|title=What Does 'Milwaukee' Mean, Anyway?|url=https://www.milwaukeemag.com/what-does-milwaukee-mean/|access-date=October 5, 2023|website=Milwaukee Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref><!--supports the disputed origin-->{{Cite web|date=August 8, 2017|title=Milwaukee County [origin of place name]|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS10647|access-date=October 5, 2023|website=Wisconsin Historical Society|language=en}}</ref> Wisconsin academic Virgil J. Vogel has said, "the name [...] Milwaukee is not difficult to explain, yet there are a number of conflicting claims made concerning it.<ref name="Vogel134">{{Cite book|last=Vogel|first=Virgil J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrYfektNvoQC&pg=PA34|title=Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map|date=1991|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press|page=34|isbn=978-0-299-12984-2|language=en}}</ref>

One theory says it comes from the [[Ojibwe language|Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe]] word {{lang|oj|mino-akking}}, meaning "good land",<ref name="MilMagMilwaukeeMean"/><ref name="WUWM origin">{{Cite news|date=October 14, 2016|title=Mino-akking, Mahn-a-waukke: What's The Origin Of The Word 'Milwaukee'?|url=https://www.wuwm.com/regional/2016-10-14/mino-akking-mahn-a-waukke-whats-the-origin-of-the-word-milwaukee|access-date=October 5, 2023|website=WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR|language=en}}</ref> or words in closely related languages that mean the same.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bright|first=William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA284|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|date=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|page=284|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|language=en}}</ref> These included Menominee and Potawatomi.<ref name="Vogel134"/> This theory was popularized by a line by [[Alice Cooper]] in the 1992 comedy film ''[[Wayne's World (film)|Wayne's World]]''.<ref name="MilMagMilwaukeeMean"/> Another theory is that it stems from the [[Fox language|Meskwaki]] language, whose term for "gathering place" is ''mahn-a-waukee''.<ref name="MilMagMilwaukeeMean"/><ref name="WUWM origin"/> The city of Milwaukee itself claims that the name is derived from {{lang|pot|mahn-ah-wauk}}, a Potawatomi word for "council grounds".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Milwaukee History|url=https://city.milwaukee.gov/cityclerk/MilwaukeeHistory|access-date=January 24, 2024|website=City of Milwaukee}}</ref>

The name of the future city was spelled in many ways prior to 1844.<ref name="Legler">{{Cite book|first=Henry|last=Legler|author-link=Henry Eduard Legler|title=Origin and Meaning of Wisconsin Place-names: With Special Reference to Indian Nomenclature|publisher=Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters|date=1903|page=24|url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AZ2O57KPOUDGBE8I}}</ref> People living west of the [[Milwaukee River]] preferred the modern-day spelling, while those east of the river often called it ''Milwaukie''.<ref name="MilMagMilwaukeeMean"/> Other spellings included ''Melleokii'' (1679), ''Millioki'' (1679), ''Meleki'' (1684), ''Milwarik'' (1699), ''Milwacky'' (1761), ''Milwakie'' (1779), ''Millewackie'' (1817), ''Milwahkie'' (1820), and ''Milwalky'' (1821). The ''[[Milwaukee Sentinel]]'' used ''Milwaukie'' in its headline until it switched to ''Milwaukee'' on November 30, 1844.<ref name="Legler"/>