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Milwaukee en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /mɪlˈwɒk.i/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /mɪlˈwɑ.ki/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
  • /mɪlˈwɔː.kiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /məˈwɔk.i/ [məˈwɒki ~ məˈwɑki] Milwaukee, Northern cities shift
  • audio Milwaukee
  • /məˈwɑ.ki/ [məˈwɑki] Milwaukee, cot–caught merger
  • /mɪlˈwɔk.i/ (US) without the cot–caught merger

Etymology

Perhaps from Ojibwe ominowakiing (“gathering place (by the water)”), or an Algonquin word meaning “the good land”.

Meanings

  1. A number of places in the United States. ▸ The largest city in Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County.
    • There was no location, really — most of the convention took place in a Milwaukee of the mind. […] Instead, the teleconvention kept a few standards (like the Bruce Springsteen–soundtracked montage) and borrowed from a grab bag of other TV formats, from talk show to cable news to reality-TV reunion special. 2020 August 18, James Poniewozik, “A D.N.C. Opening Night for the New Abnormal”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2020:
    • A GoFundMe page was created by the family and talked about how Sorenson spent her last moments celebrating the beauty of life and how she had a true passion for the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies. 2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN:
    • During the Toronto Raptors' championship run, a fan-made sign referred to the opposing Milwaukee Bucks as the "Milwaukee Bucktees," bucktee being an insult deriving from a similar word in Somali. 2019 October 13, “Toronto slang on the rise thanks to city's growing pop culture relevance”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022:
  2. A number of places in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Northampton County, North Carolina.
  3. A number of places in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Milwaukie alternative, archaic lexicographic

Deriveds

Mil · Milwaukeean · Milwaukee shoulder syndrome · Milwaukee protocol · Milwaukee Road · Milwaukie · Milwaukee County · Milwaukee goiter · Milwaukee brace