Minnesota

Pronunciation Midland English dialect | women's voice Minnesota native dialect | men's voice

• US IPA: /ËŒmɪnɨˈsoÊŠtÉ™/ or
• Rhymes: -əʊtÉ™

Origin

From Siouan languages mní (water) + sóta (hazy, smokey, turbid): "cloudy water."

Full definition of Minnesota

Proper noun

1. A north-central state of the United States of America. West of Wisconsin, north of Iowa, east of South Dakota and North Dakota; south of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. The capital is Saint Paul.

Derived terms

• Minnesotan
• MN

Anagrams

• antimeson, antinomes, mannitose, Mansonite, nominates