Lake Mayaimi (historical name of Lake Okeechobee)
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Lake Mayaimi is the historical name for Florida’s Lake Okeechobee, a large freshwater lake whose name derives from the Indigenous Mayaimi people who once inhabited its shores.
Aliases (4)
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical name
→
lake → |
| associatedWith |
Everglades region
→
Lake Okeechobee basin → |
| bodyOfWaterType |
freshwater lake
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|
| classification |
historical geographic feature name
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|
| continent |
North America
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| country |
United States
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| hasSignificance |
Indigenous history of Florida
→
toponymy of Florida → |
| historicalNameOf |
Lake Okeechobee
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|
| languageOfOrigin |
Indigenous language of the Mayaimi people
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| locatedIn |
Florida
→
North America → United States → |
| modernName |
Lake Okeechobee
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| namedAfter |
Mayaimi people
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| partOf |
Florida Peninsula hydrological system
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| region |
South Florida
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| relatedEthnicGroup |
Mayaimi people
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| replacedBy |
name Lake Okeechobee
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|
| shoreInhabitedHistoricallyBy |
Mayaimi people
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| state |
Florida
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|
| usedInPeriod |
early colonial era
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pre-colonial era → |
Referenced by (14)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
("Lake Okeechobee")
→
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aimsToBenefit |
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Mayami
("Lake Okeechobee")
→
|
associatedBodyOfWater |
|
Mayami
("Lake Mayaimi")
→
|
associatedBodyOfWaterFormerName |
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Belle Glade culture
("Lake Okeechobee")
→
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associatedWith |
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South Florida
("Lake Okeechobee")
→
|
borders |
|
Florida Peninsula
("Lake Okeechobee")
→
|
contains |
|
Lake Mayaimi
("Lake Okeechobee")
→
|
historicalNameOf |
|
Mayaimi people
("Lake Okeechobee basin")
→
|
historicalTerritory |
|
Greater Everglades ecosystem
("Lake Okeechobee")
→
|
hydrologicalSource |
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Maimies
("Lake Okeechobee")
→
|
inhabitedRegion |
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Mayami
("name preserved in Lake Okeechobee’s earlier name "Lake Mayaimi"")
→
|
modernCulturalLegacy |
|
Lake Mayaimi
("Lake Okeechobee")
→
|
modernName |
|
Mayaimi people
→
|
nameGaveRiseTo |
|
Okeechobee Plain
("Lake Okeechobee")
→
|
surrounds |