Wyoming

Meanings

1. A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.
2. A number of other places in the United States:
3. A town in Kent County, Delaware; a suburb of Dover.
4. A city in Stark County, Illinois; a suburb of Peoria.
5. A small city in Jones County, Iowa; a suburb of Cedar Rapids.
6. A ghost town in Bath County, Kentucky.
7. A neighborhood in the city of Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
8. A sizable city in Kent County, Michigan; a suburb of Grand Rapids.
9. A city in Chisago County, Minnesota.
10. An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska.
11. A village in Wyoming County, New York.
12. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.

Etymology

The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”). The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters' were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"