How could I have missed this? In my review of local place names I hadn't come across Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Massachusetts (I'm not making this up). I read about it in a cycling book—it is a Nipmuc name which translates to "I fish on my side, you fish on your side, and nobody fishes in the middle".
Oh, and the English name for this same lake? Webster Lake. Jolly good—let's not get carried away, wot?
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