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English
Etymology
Minnehapolis proposed in 1852 by Charles Hoag as a (misspelt) blend of Dakota mníȟaȟa (“waterfall”) (mní (“water”) + ȟaȟa (“curling”)) + Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). Amended to Minneapolis at a town meeting the same year.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minneapolis
- The largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County.
- 2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN:
- On Tuesday, a proposal to fundamentally restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020 was soundly defeated, a setback that even many Democrats acknowledged could be laid at the feet of the “defund the police” movement that some within the party embraced last summer.
- A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Kansas, United States.
Holonyms
- the Twin Cities
Derived terms
Translations
city
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Further reading
Minneapolis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Minneapolis (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from English Minneapolis.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minneapolis n (proper noun, genitive Minneapolis' or (with an article) Minneapolis)
- Minneapolis (a city in Minnesota, United States)
Derived terms
- Minneapolitaner, Minneapoliser
- minneapolitanisch
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