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From Lakota mní šóta (literally cloudy water).

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/, [ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊɾə]
  • Audio (Minnesota, male voice):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊtə

Minnesota

  1. A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Saint Paul. Largest city: Minneapolis.
    • 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN[1]:

      On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.

  2. A tributary of the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota.
  3. (historical) A former territory (1849–1858) of the United States, encompassing the modern state and part of the Dakotas. Capital: Saint Paul.
  4. The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

a state of the United States of America

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Federal district: Washington, D.C.
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

Minnesota f (relational adjective minnesotský, demonym Minnesoťan)

  1. Minnesota (a state of the United States)

Borrowed from English Minnesota.

Minnesota (genitive Minnesotas)

  1. Minnesota (a state of the United States)

From English Minnesota.

  • IPA(key): /ˈminːesotɑ/, [ˈminːe̞ˌs̠o̞t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -otɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Min‧ne‧so‧ta

Minnesota

  1. Minnesota (a state of the United States)

Borrowed from English Minnesota.

  • IPA(key): /min.neˈzɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Hyphenation: Min‧ne‧sò‧ta

Minnesota m

  1. Minnesota (a state of the United States)

Minnesōta f sg (genitive Minnesōtae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Minnesota

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Unadapted borrowing from English Minnesota, from Lakota mní sóta (literally cloudy water).

  • IPA(key): /mi.nɛˈsɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Syllabification: Mi‧nne‧so‧ta

Minnesota f

  1. Minnesota (a state of the United States)
  2. Minnesota (a river in the United States)

(adjective):

Unadapted borrowing from English Minnesota.

Minnesota m

  1. Minnesota (a state of the United States)

Minnesota f (genitive singular Minnesoty, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Minnesota (a state of the United States)
  • Minnesota”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
  • IPA(key): /mineˈsota/ [mi.neˈso.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: Min‧ne‧so‧ta

Minnesota f

  1. Minnesota (a state of the United States)