• Wyoming

    Pronuctuation

    • US IPA: /waɪˈoÊŠmɪŋ/

    Etymology

    Munsee xwé:wamənk ("at the big river flat")

    Possible source of the place name for the village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters", were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"

    Full definition of Wyoming

    Proper noun

    Wyoming

    (plural Wyomings)
    1. A Capital: Cheyenne.
    2. A town in Delaware
    3. A city in Illinois
    4. A city in Iowa
    5. A town in Massachusetts
    6. A city in Michigan
    7. A city in Minnesota
    8. A village in New York
    9. A city in Ohio
    10. A borough in Pennsylvania
    11. A village in Rhode Island
    12. One of two towns in Wisconsin

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