Sleepy Eye

proper noun

A lake in Minnesota, United States.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A lake in Minnesota, United States.
  2. A small city in rural Brown County, Minnesota, United States.

    The employees contend that inasmuch as there are seven engines hostled at Sleepy Eye within a 12-hour period, a hostler from the ranks of the firemen must be assigned […]

    1924, Decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board, page 732

Origin

The city is named after the lake, which was named after a local Dakota chief of the 1800s, said to have had a drooping eyelid or eyelids.

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APA

Sleepy Eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sleepy%20Eye

MLA

“Sleepy Eye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sleepy%20Eye. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sleepy Eye,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sleepy%20Eye.

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