Minnesota
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English
Etymology
From Lakota mní šóta (literally “cloudy water”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/,
Audio (US, Midland English dialect, women's voice) (file) Audio (US, Minnesota native dialect, men's voice) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊtə
Proper noun
Minnesota
- A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Saint Paul. Largest city: Minneapolis.
- A tributary of the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota.
- (historical) A former territory (1849–1858) of the United States, encompassing the modern state and part of the Dakotas. Capital: Saint Paul.
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Derived terms
Translations
a state of the United States of America
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Further reading
Category:Minnesota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
Minnesota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Minnesota on Wikiquote.Wikiquote 
Minnesota on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minnesota f (related adjective minnesotský, demonym Minnesoťan)
- Minnesota (a state of the United States)
Declension
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Minnesota.
Proper noun
Minnesota (genitive Minnesotas)
- Minnesota (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minnesota
- Minnesota (a state of the United States)
Declension
| Inflection of Minnesota (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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. | |||
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Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Minnesota.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minnesota m
- Minnesota (a state of the United States)
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minnesōta f sg (genitive Minnesōtae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Minnesōta |
| Genitive | Minnesōtae |
| Dative | Minnesōtae |
| Accusative | Minnesōtam |
| Ablative | Minnesōtā |
| Vocative | Minnesōta |
| Locative | Minnesōtae |
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Minnesota, from Lakota mní sóta (literally “cloudy water”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minnesota f
- Minnesota (a state of the United States)
- Minnesota (a river in the United States)
Declension
Declension of Minnesota
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Minnesota |
| genitive | Minnesoty |
| dative | Minnesocie |
| accusative | Minnesotę |
| instrumental | Minnesotą |
| locative | Minnesocie |
| vocative | Minnesoto |
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- Minnesota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Minnesota.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minnesota m
- Minnesota (a state of the United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minnesota f (genitive singular Minnesoty, declension pattern of žena)
- Minnesota (a state 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, 2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minnesota f
- Minnesota (a state of the United States)
Related terms
See also
- Minnesota on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es