Wyoming

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[edit] English

Map of US highlighting Wyoming

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Munsee xwé:wamənk (at the big river flat)

Possible source of the place name for the village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters", were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'" <http://plympton-wyoming.com/Birth_of_Town_Crest.htm>

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  • (US) IPA: /waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/
  • (file)

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Wyoming

  1. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Cheyenne.

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[edit] Finnish

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  • IPA: /waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/, i.e. pronounced as in English.

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Wyoming

  1. Wyoming (one of the states of USA)

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In Wyoming = Wyomingissa


[edit] French

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Munsee xwé:wamənk (at the big river flat)

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Wyoming m.

  1. Wyoming

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Wyoming m.

  1. Wyoming

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to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters", were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like "Wyoming".

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