English Explanatory Dictionary

Minnehaha County

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Sioux Falls.

Word forms

Minnehaha County

Etymology

Borrowed from Dakota mníȟaȟa (“waterfall" or "rapids”) (mní (“water”) + ȟaȟa (“curling”)) + English county.

Related words

Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis was independently named from the same Dakota word Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis was named after the Minnehaha Falls within it Minnehaha Trail is named after the Minnehaha Park which is at one end of it Minneapolis was named by blending the same Dakota word and Ancient Greek πόλις Minnehaha was named after the Minneapolis waterfall
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