Minneapolis

English

Etymology

Minnehapolis proposed in 1852 by Charles Hoag as a (misspelt) blend of Dakota mníȟaȟa (“waterfall”) (mní (“water”) +‎ ȟaȟa (“curling”)) + Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). Amended to Minneapolis at a town meeting the same year.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɪniˈæpəlɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Minneapolis

1. The largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County.
   • 2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     On Tuesday, a proposal to fundamentally restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020 was soundly defeated, a setback that even many Democrats acknowledged could be laid at the feet of the “defund the police” movement that some within the party embraced last summer.

2. A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Kansas, United States.

Holonyms

• the Twin Cities

Derived terms

• Minneapolitan
• Mpls
• Murderapolis

Translations

city

• Bengali: মিনিয়াপোলিস (bn) (miniẏapōliś)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明尼阿波利斯 (zh) (Míngní'ābōlìsī)

• Dakota: Bdeóta Othúŋwe
• Esperanto: Mineapolo
• German: Minneapolis (de)
• Greek: Μιννεάπολη f (Minneápoli)
• Hawaiian: Mineapoli
• Japanese: ミネアポリス (mineaporisu)
• Latvian: Mineapole f
• Navajo: Beʼekʼid Łání
• Ojibwe: Mishiimini'odenang, Gakaabikaang
• Russian: Миннеаполис (ru) (Minneapolis)

Further reading

• Minneapolis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Minneapolis (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Minneapolis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈni̯ɛːpolɪs/, [mɪ.niˈɛː.po.lɪs], [mɪnˈjɛː.po.lɪs]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Minneapolis n (proper noun, genitive Minneapolis' or (with an article) Minneapolis)

1. Minneapolis (a city in Minnesota, United States)

Derived terms

• Minneapolitaner, Minneapoliser
• minneapolitanisch