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English
Etymology
From Dakota mdóte (“mouth or junction of one river with another”).[1]
Proper noun
Mendota
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Fresno County, California.
- A city in LaSalle County, Illinois.
- A township in LaSalle County, Illinois.
- A minor city in Dakota County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Virginia.
- An extinct town in Lewis County, Washington.
References
- ^ Riggs, Stephen Return (1852) Grammar and dictionary of the Dakota language, Smithsonian Institution, page 139