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.


Statements (25)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historical name
lake
associatedWith Everglades region
Lake Okeechobee basin
bodyOfWaterType freshwater lake
classification historical geographic feature name
continent North America
country United States
hasSignificance Indigenous history of Florida
toponymy of Florida
historicalNameOf Lake Okeechobee
languageOfOrigin Indigenous language of the Mayaimi people
locatedIn Florida
North America
United States
modernName Lake Okeechobee
namedAfter Mayaimi people
partOf Florida Peninsula hydrological system
region South Florida
relatedEthnicGroup Mayaimi people
replacedBy name Lake Okeechobee
shoreInhabitedHistoricallyBy Mayaimi people
state Florida
usedInPeriod early colonial era
pre-colonial era

Referenced by (14)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan ("Lake Okeechobee")
aimsToBenefit
Mayami ("Lake Okeechobee")
associatedBodyOfWater
Mayami ("Lake Mayaimi")
associatedBodyOfWaterFormerName
Belle Glade culture ("Lake Okeechobee")
associatedWith
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
Maimies ("Lake Okeechobee")
inhabitedRegion
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

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