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Minnesotan en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˌmɪnəˈso(ʊ)ʔn̩] (General-American)
• /ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Minnesota + -an.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to Minnesota.

Minnesotan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˌmɪnəˈso(ʊ)ʔn̩] (General-American)
• /ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Minnesota + -an.

Meanings

1. A native or resident of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America.
   • […] while a Minnesotan in her early thirties summed up the general influence of apocalyptic popular culture: “I think it has made me more of a doomer. […] 2015, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture, page 114:
   • "If you are a true Minnesotan it is gray duck," wrote Darold Schaefer. "If not it would be goose. The only time that gray goose is acceptable is if it is vodka." 2017 October 15, “Reader Response: It's Duck, Duck, Gray Duck”, in Mankato Free Press, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023:
   • When he was finished, as such, he was wringing wet, and now he had to edge and shimmy his way back, and with a most woebegone look, and everybody laughing, except the sad blond boy, and the Minnesotans roaring in the cab. 1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, London: Penguin Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 29:

Forms

Hypernyms

American

Translations (4)

fi minnesotalainen (person from Minnesota) · de Mensch aus Minnesota (person from Minnesota) · fr habitant m du Minnesota (person from Minnesota) · it abitante m dello Minnesota (person from Minnesota)