Wyoming
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English
Etymology
The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”).
The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters' were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wyoming
- A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.
- A number of other places in the United States:
- A town in Kent County, Delaware; suburb of Dover.
- A city in Stark County, Illinois; suburb of Peoria.
- A small city in Jones County, Iowa; suburb of Cedar Rapids.
- A ghost town in Bath County, Kentucky.
- A neighborhood in the city of Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- A sizable city in Kent County, Michigan; suburb of Grand Rapids.
- A city in Chisago County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska.
- A village in Wyoming County, New York.
- A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
- A borough of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- A village and census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
- An unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
- A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- A suburb of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
- A former village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now part of the town of Plympton-Wyoming.
Derived terms
Translations
US state
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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 |
References
- ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2011 February 1 (last accessed), archived from the original on 30 May 2011
Further reading
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Wyoming.
Proper noun
Wyoming (genitive Wyomings)
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wyoming
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Wyoming" is Wyomingissa.
| Inflection of Wyoming (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Wyoming | — | ||
| genitive | Wyomingin | — | ||
| partitive | Wyomingia | — | ||
| illative | Wyomingiin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Wyoming | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Wyoming | — | |
| gen. | Wyomingin | |||
| genitive | Wyomingin | — | ||
| partitive | Wyomingia | — | ||
| inessive | Wyomingissa | — | ||
| elative | Wyomingista | — | ||
| illative | Wyomingiin | — | ||
| adessive | Wyomingilla | — | ||
| ablative | Wyomingilta | — | ||
| allative | Wyomingille | — | ||
| essive | Wyomingina | — | ||
| translative | Wyomingiksi | — | ||
| abessive | Wyomingitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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French
Etymology
From Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wyoming m
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
- Synonym: État de l’égalité
- Hypernym: État
- Holonym: États-Unis
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wyoming n (proper noun, genitive Wyomings or (optionally with an article) Wyoming)
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wyoming m
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming, from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wyoming m inan
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Declension
Declension of Wyoming
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Wyoming |
| genitive | Wyomingu |
| dative | Wyomingowi |
| accusative | Wyoming |
| instrumental | Wyomingiem |
| locative | Wyomingu |
| vocative | Wyomingu |
Further reading
- Wyoming in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wyoming m
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Romanian
Proper noun
Wyoming n
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming.
Proper noun
Wyoming m
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
See also
Wyoming on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es