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Milwaukee

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Etymology

Perhaps from Potawatomi minwaking, or Ojibwe ominowakiing (“gathering place (by the water)”), or an Algonquin word meaning for “the good land”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪlˈwɔːkiː/
  • (Wisconsin) IPA(key): /məˈwɔːkiː/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Milwaukee

  2. The largest city in Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County.
    • 2019 October 13, “Toronto slang on the rise thanks to city's growing pop culture relevance”, in CBC News‎, archived from the original on 2022-07-06:
      During the Toronto Raptors' championship run, a fan-made sign referred to the opposing Milwaukee Bucks as the "Milwaukee Bucktees," bucktee being an insult deriving from a similar word in Somali.
    • 2020 August 18, James Poniewozik, “A D.N.C. Opening Night for the New Abnormal”, in The New York Times‎:
      There was no location, really — most of the convention took place in a Milwaukee of the mind. […] Instead, the teleconvention kept a few standards (like the Bruce Springsteen–soundtracked montage) and borrowed from a grab bag of other TV formats, from talk show to cable news to reality-TV reunion special.
  3. An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
  4. An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.

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