Gabagouache pronunciation

[MadTheSwine]

Little help? Is it “gab a gwa”?

With the GWA sounding like the word Squaw?

[donkeyoatey]

The Indians called the place “Gabagouache” (pronounced phonetically Gaba-go-Wa-chay), which described the widening of the river and the slowing of the current as the flow reached its destination—Lake Michigan.

From here.