Minnesota

See also: Minnesotą

English

Etymology

From Lakota mní šóta (literally “cloudy water”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/, [ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊɾə]

• Audio (Midland US, female voice):

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• Audio (Minnesota, male voice):

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• Rhymes: -əʊtə

Proper noun

Minnesota

2. A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Saint Paul. Largest city: Minneapolis.

   Synonym: (nickname) North Star State

   • 2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 February 2026:

     “I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to ever get out there, was not a good thing,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel on Thursday.

   • 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 18 May 2026:

     The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.

   • 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN‎^[3], archived from the original on 28 December 2025:

     On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.

4. A tributary of the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota.
5. (historical) A former territory (1849–1858) of the United States, encompassing the modern state and part of the Dakotas. Capital: Saint Paul.
6. The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Derived terms

• Minnesomalia
• Minnesota ice
• minnesotaite
• Minnesotan
• Minnesota nice
• Minnesota whist
• Minnesotian
• MN

Translations

a state of the United States of America

• Arabic: مِينِيسُوتَا f (minisūtā)
• Bengali: মিনেসোটা (bn) (mineśōṭa)
• Bulgarian: Минесо́та f (Minesóta)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Minnesota (cs) f
• Danish: Minnesota
• Esperanto: Minesoto
• Finnish: Minnesota (fi)
• French: Minnesota (fr) m
• Galician: Minnesota (gl) f
• Georgian: მინესოტა (minesoṭa)
• German: Minnesota (de)
• Greek: Μινεσότα (el) f (Minesóta)
• Hebrew: מינסוטה (he) f (Minnesota)
• Hindi: मिनेसोटा (minesoṭā)
• Hmong:

  White Hmong: Misnisxaustas

• Icelandic: Minnesota
• Japanese: ミネソタ州 (Minesota-shū), ミネソタ (Minesota)
• Khmer: មីនីសូតា (miiniisoutaa)
• Korean: 미네소타 (Minesota)
• Lao: ມິນນິໂຊຕາ (min ni sō tā), ມິນເນໂຊຕາ (min nē sō tā)
• Macedonian: Минесо́та f (Minesóta)
• Navajo: Mínisóodah hahoodzo
• Ojibwe: Minisooding
• Persian: مینسوتا (minesutâ)
• Polish: Minnesota (pl) f
• Portuguese: Minnesota (pt) m
• Russian: Миннесо́та (ru) f (Minnesóta)
• Spanish: Minnesota (es) f
• Thai: มินนิโซตา (min-ní-soo-dtâa)
• Turkish: Minnesota
• Ukrainian: Міннесо́та f (Minnesóta)
• Uyghur: مىننېسوتا (minnësota)
• Yiddish: מינעסאָטאַ (minesota)

Further reading

• Category:Minnesota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Minnesota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Minnesota on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Minnesota on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

Anagrams

• Mansonite, antimeson, antinomes, mannitose, nominates

Czech

Minnesota

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪnɛsota]

Proper noun

Minnesota f (relational adjective minnesotský, demonym Minnesoťan)

1. Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)

Declension

Declension of Minnesota (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Minnesota
genitive	Minnesoty
dative	Minnesotě
accusative	Minnesotu
vocative	Minnesoto
locative	Minnesotě
instrumental	Minnesotou

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Minnesota.

Proper noun

Minnesota (genitive Minnesotas)

1. Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Minnesota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈminːesotɑ/, [ˈminːe̞ˌs̠o̞t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Min‧ne‧so‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): Min‧ne‧so‧ta

Proper noun

Minnesota

1. Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Minnesota (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Minnesota	—
genitive		Minnesotan	—
partitive		Minnesotaa	—
illative		Minnesotaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Minnesota	—
accusative	nom.	Minnesota	—
	gen.	Minnesotan
genitive		Minnesotan	—
partitive		Minnesotaa	—
inessive		Minnesotassa	—
elative		Minnesotasta	—
illative		Minnesotaan	—
adessive		Minnesotalla	—
ablative		Minnesotalta	—
allative		Minnesotalle	—
essive		Minnesotana	—
translative		Minnesotaksi	—
abessive		Minnesotatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Minnesota (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Minnesotani — accusative nom. Minnesotani — gen. Minnesotani genitive Minnesotani — partitive Minnesotaani — inessive Minnesotassani — elative Minnesotastani — illative Minnesotaani — adessive Minnesotallani — ablative Minnesotaltani — allative Minnesotalleni — essive Minnesotanani — translative Minnesotakseni — abessive Minnesotattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Minnesotasi — accusative nom. Minnesotasi — gen. Minnesotasi genitive Minnesotasi — partitive Minnesotaasi — inessive Minnesotassasi — elative Minnesotastasi — illative Minnesotaasi — adessive Minnesotallasi — ablative Minnesotaltasi — allative Minnesotallesi — essive Minnesotanasi — translative Minnesotaksesi — abessive Minnesotattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Minnesotamme — accusative nom. Minnesotamme — gen. Minnesotamme genitive Minnesotamme — partitive Minnesotaamme — inessive Minnesotassamme — elative Minnesotastamme — illative Minnesotaamme — adessive Minnesotallamme — ablative Minnesotaltamme — allative Minnesotallemme — essive Minnesotanamme — translative Minnesotaksemme — abessive Minnesotattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Minnesotanne — accusative nom. Minnesotanne — gen. Minnesotanne genitive Minnesotanne — partitive Minnesotaanne — inessive Minnesotassanne — elative Minnesotastanne — illative Minnesotaanne — adessive Minnesotallanne — ablative Minnesotaltanne — allative Minnesotallenne — essive Minnesotananne — translative Minnesotaksenne — abessive Minnesotattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Minnesotansa — accusative nom. Minnesotansa — gen. Minnesotansa genitive Minnesotansa — partitive Minnesotaansa — inessive Minnesotassaan Minnesotassansa — elative Minnesotastaan Minnesotastansa — illative Minnesotaansa — adessive Minnesotallaan Minnesotallansa — ablative Minnesotaltaan Minnesotaltansa — allative Minnesotalleen Minnesotallensa — essive Minnesotanaan Minnesotanansa — translative Minnesotakseen Minnesotaksensa — abessive Minnesotattaan Minnesotattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• mainosten, ostaminen

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Minnesota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min.neˈzɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: Min‧ne‧sò‧ta

Proper noun

Minnesota m

1. Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)

Anagrams

• nominaste

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɪn.nɛˈsoː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [min.neˈs̬ɔː.ta]

Proper noun

Minnesōta f sg (genitive Minnesōtae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Minnesōta
genitive	Minnesōtae
dative	Minnesōtae
accusative	Minnesōtam
ablative	Minnesōtā
vocative	Minnesōta
locative	Minnesōtae

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Lakota mní sóta

English Minnesotaubor.

Polish Minnesota

Unadapted borrowing from English Minnesota, from Lakota mní sóta (literally “cloudy water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.nɛˈsɔ.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: Mi‧nne‧so‧ta

Proper noun

Minnesota f

1. Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)

   pieczęć Minnesoty ― seal of Minnesota

   Ponad ¾ mieszkańców Minnesoty ma korzenie europejskie. ― More than ¾ of Minnesota’s residents have European roots.

2. Minnesota, Minnesota River (a tributary of the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota)

   Rzeka Minnesota uchodzi do Missisipi. ― The Minnesota River flows into the Mississippi.

Declension

Declension of Minnesota

	singular
nominative	Minnesota
genitive	Minnesoty
dative	Minnesocie
accusative	Minnesotę
instrumental	Minnesotą
locative	Minnesocie
vocative	Minnesoto

Derived terms

adjective

• minnesocki

Further reading

• “Minnesota”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Minesota, Minessota

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minnesota.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.neˈso.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.nɨˈzɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -otɐ, -ɔtɐ

Proper noun

Minnesota m

1. Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)

See also

states of the United States: estados dos Estados Unidosedit

• Alabama
• Alasca
• Arizona
• Arkansas ~ Arcansas
• Califórnia
• Carolina do Norte
• Carolina do Sul
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Dacota do Norte
• Dacota do Sul
• Delaware
• Flórida
• Geórgia
• Havaí (Brazil) ~ Havai (Portugal)
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas ~ Cansas
• Kentucky
• Luisiana
• Maine
• Maryland ~ Marilândia
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi ~ Mississípi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebrasca
• Nevada
• Nova Hampshire
• Nova Iorque
• Nova Jérsei (Brazil) ~ Nova Jérsia (Portugal)
• Novo México
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pensilvânia
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virgínia
• Virgínia Ocidental
• Washington
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minɲesɔta/, [ˈminɲesɔta]
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: Min‧ne‧so‧ta

Proper noun

Minnesota f (genitive singular Minnesoty, declension pattern of žena)

1. Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)

References

• “Minnesota”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mineˈsota/ [mi.neˈso.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: Min‧ne‧so‧ta

Proper noun

Minnesota f

1. Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)

Related terms

• minesoto

See also

• Minnesota on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es