Allamakee

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/æ.lə.mə.ki//ɑ.lə.mə.ki/

proper noun

The northeastern-most county in the state of Iowa in the United States.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The northeastern-most county in the state of Iowa in the United States.

Origin

The origin of the name is uncertain, with local lore ascribing it to a Native American trader named Allan Makee and other sources suggesting that it derives from an Algonquian language term for the Thunder clan of the Sac/Fox people; compare Fox nenemehkiwa (“thunder”) and Ojibwe animikii (“thunderer”) (alternation of l and n is common in Algonquian languages and in words borrowed into or from them).

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APA

Allamakee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allamakee

MLA

“Allamakee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allamakee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Allamakee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allamakee.

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