Meanings
proper noun
- A city, the county seat of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.
Rittenhouse was acquitted in November of first-degree intentional homicide and four other felony charges related to the Kenosha shootings that left two men dead and a third man injured.
2022 January 10, Omar Jimenez, Kelly McCleary, “Dominick Black, who bought Kyle Rittenhouse the gun used in Kenosha shootings, has taken a plea deal”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2022
Origin
- Potawatomignozhé
- Ojibweginoozhe
- EnglishKenosha
From Ojibwe ginoozhe or an older form of Potawatomi gnozhé, meaning “pike” or “pickerel”.
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APA
Kenosha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenosha
MLA
“Kenosha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenosha. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kenosha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenosha.
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