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Minnesota en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • [ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊɾə] (US)
  • audio Minnesota
  • /ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/ (US)
  • audio Midland US

Etymology

From Lakota mní šóta (literally “cloudy water”).

Meanings

  1. A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Saint Paul. Largest city: Minneapolis.
    • On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico. 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN:
    • The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee. 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN:
    • “I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to ever get out there, was not a good thing,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel on Thursday. 2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN:
  2. A tributary of the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota.
  3. (historical) A former territory (1849–1858) of the United States, encompassing the modern state and part of the Dakotas. Capital: Saint Paul.
  4. The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Deriveds

Minnesota whist · Minnesotan · Minnesota ice · minnesotaite · MN · Minnesomalia · Minnesota nice · Minnesotian

Synonyms

North Star State

Translations (37)

de Minnesota (a state of the United States of America) · lo ມິນເນໂຊຕາ (a state of the United States of America) · pt Minnesota (a state of the United States of America) · eo Minesoto (a state of the United States of America) · cmn 明尼蘇達州 /明尼苏达州 (a state of the United States of America) · ar مِينِيسُوتَا (a state of the United States of America) · mww Misnisxaustas (a state of the United States of America) · fa مینسوتا (a state of the United States of America) · oj Minisooding (a state of the United States of America) · hi मिनेसोटा (a state of the United States of America) · bg Минесо́та (a state of the United States of America) · cmn 明尼蘇達 /明尼苏达 (a state of the United States of America) · fr Minnesota (a state of the United States of America) · da Minnesota (a state of the United States of America) · is Minnesota (a state of the United States of America) · ru Миннесо́та (a state of the United States of America) · pl Minnesota (a state of the United States of America) · bn মিনেসোটা (a state of the United States of America) · yi מינעסאָטאַ (a state of the United States of America) · ka მინესოტა (a state of the United States of America) · uk Міннесо́та (a state of the United States of America) · km មីនីសូតា (a state of the United States of America) · gl Minnesota (a state of the United States of America) · fi Minnesota (a state of the United States of America) · cs Minnesota (a state of the United States of America) · el Μινεσότα (a state of the United States of America) · ug مىننېسوتا (a state of the United States of America) · mk Минесо́та (a state of the United States of America) · tr Minnesota (a state of the United States of America) · lo ມິນນິໂຊຕາ (a state of the United States of America) · ja ミネソタ州 (a state of the United States of America) · he מינסוטה (a state of the United States of America) · ja ミネソタ (a state of the United States of America) · ko 미네소타 (a state of the United States of America) · th มินนิโซตา (a state of the United States of America) · nv Mínisóodah hahoodzo (a state of the United States of America) · es Minnesota (a state of the United States of America)