Etymograph

English

Minnesota

Minnesota comes from Lakota mní šóta.

  1. Lakotamodernmní šótaliterally ‘cloudy water’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021Minnesota

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Lakotamodernmní šótaliterally ‘cloudy water’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021Minnesota

Earliest quotation: 2021, Chris Cillizza, Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a m: “I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to…”

Every English word from Lakota mní šóta

Today it means

name A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Saint Paul. Largest city: Minneapolis.

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