Minnesota

English

Wikipedia

Map of US highlighting Minnesota

Etymology

From Siouan mní (water) + sóta (hazy, smokey, turbid): "cloudy water."

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌmɪnɨˈsoʊtə/ or /ˌmɪnɨˈsoʊɾə/

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  Midland English dialect | women's voice

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  Minnesota native dialect | men's voice
• Rhymes: -əʊtə

Proper noun

Minnesota

1. A north-central state of the United States of America. West of Wisconsin, north of Iowa, east of South Dakota and North Dakota; south of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. The capital is Saint Paul.

Derived terms

• Minnesotan
• MN

Translations

a state of the United States of America

• Arabic: مينيسوتا (ar) (minisuuta) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明尼蘇達州 (cmn), 明尼苏达州 (cmn) (Míngnísūdá-zhōu), 明尼蘇達 (cmn), 明尼苏达 (cmn) (Míngnísūdá)

• Czech: Minnesota (cs) f
• Esperanto: Minesoto (eo)
• Hindi: मिनेसोटा (hi) (minesoṭā)
• Japanese: ミネソタ州 (ja) (Minesota-shū), ミネソタ (ja) (Minesota)

• Korean: 미네소타 (ko) (Minesota)
• Macedonian: Минесота (mk) (Minesóta) f
• Navajo: Mínisóodah hahoodzo
• Ojibwe: Minisooding
• Persian: مینسوتا (fa)
• Russian: Миннесота (ru) (Minnesóta) f
• Spanish: Minnesota (es) f
• Turkish: Minnesota (tr)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Minnesota

Anagrams

• antimeson, antinomes, mannitose, Mansonite, nominates

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /min.ne.ˈzɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: Min‧ne‧sò‧ta

Proper noun

Minnesota m

1. Minnesota

Anagrams

• nominaste

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Spanish

Proper noun

Minnesota f

1. Minnesota

Related terms

• minesoto

See also

• Minnesota on the Spanish Wikipedia.es.Wikipedia