English Explanatory Dictionary

Menominee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.
name
  1. Their language.
  2. A village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Menominee County, Michigan, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States.
  5. A town in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States, which is coextensive with and consolidated with the county.

Pronunciation

/məˈnɒməni/ /məˈnɑməniː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Menominee.wav

Word forms

Menominee Menominees Menomini

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe manoominii (literally “wild-rice people”); from Ojibwe manoomin.

Synonyms

Mamaceqtaw

Derived words

Menominee County Menominee Range

Translations

French: menominee Menominee: oma͞eqnomenēweqnaesen Ojibwe: omanoominiimowin Ojibwe: manoominiimowin
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