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Per-geesh 'o Chye-guuek'

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Per-geesh 'o Chye-guuek'pn • a crag on the shore between Big Lagoon and Stone Lagoon

Lexicon record # 5922 | Source reference(s): JPH:199 YG:I15
Semantic domain: place names
Derivation: literally, "where the bald eagle sits" (per-geesh "bald eagle", chyuuek'-we-nek' "I sit")