Etymology

Mahnomen County

Today it means: One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Mahnomen. Full definition →

Ojibwe manoomin
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The story

  1. Ojibwe · borrowed frommanoomin“wild rice”
  2. English todayMahnomen County

From Mahnomen, the name of the county seat, which was borrowed from Ojibwe manoomin (“wild rice”).

Words from the same roots

Ojibwemanoomin all →

Mahnomenmanoomin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.