What Is Saginaw Named After?
What Is Saginaw Named After? The name Saginaw is widely believed to mean “where the Sauk were” in Ojibwe, from Sace-nong or Sak-e-nong (Sauk Town), due to the belief that the Sauk once lived there. But it is more likely that the name means “place of the outlet”, from the Ojibwe sag (opening) and ong