Wyoming

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English [edit]

Map of US highlighting Wyoming

Etymology [edit]

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>

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (US) IPA: /waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/
  • (file)

Proper noun [edit]

Wyoming

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

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Finnish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

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

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Wyoming

  1. Wyoming (one of the states of USA)

Declension [edit]

In Wyoming = Wyomingissa


French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Munsee xwé:wamənk (at the big river flat)

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Wyoming m

  1. Wyoming

Spanish [edit]

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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".