# Itasca

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #76,006

## Definitions
1. A place in the United States:
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:

## Etymology
A pseudo-Indian word coined by Henry Schoolcraft for Lake Itasca, the true source of the Mississippi River, from Latin veritas (“truth”) and Latin caput (“head”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/itasca