name
Meaning 1
Their language.
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Standard Lemma guide
Menominee
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UK: /məˈnɒməni/
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General-American: /məˈnɑməniː/
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name
Meaning 2
A village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
A city, the county seat of Menominee County, Michigan, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States.
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name
Meaning 5
A town in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States, which is coextensive with and consolidated with the county.
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noun
Meaning 6
A member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.
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noun
Meaning 7
the Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language
noun
Meaning 8
a member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin
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Synonyms: Menomini
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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ojibwe manoominii (literally “wild-rice people”); from Ojibwe manoomin.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: menominee — Menominee language
- Menominee: oma͞eqnomenēweqnaesen — Menominee language
- Ojibwe: omanoominiimowin — Menominee language
- Ojibwe: manoominiimowin — Menominee language
- Chinese Mandarin: 梅諾米尼 /梅诺米尼 (Méinuòmǐní) — city in Michigan
- French: menominee — a member of the Menominee people
- Menominee: mamāceqtaw — a member of the Menominee people
- Menominee: oma͞eqnomenēw — a member of the Menominee people
- Ojibwe: omanoominii — a member of the Menominee people
- Ojibwe: manoominii — a member of the Menominee people
- Ottawa: manoomnii — a member of the Menominee people
- Unami: Mìnòmëni — a member of the Menominee people
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