Menominee

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UK/məˈnɒməni/US/məˈnɑməniː/

noun

A member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.

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MamaceqtawMenominiMenominee languageMenomini language
OriginOjibwe manoominii →
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Meanings

nounMenominee (plural Menominees or Menominee)

plural Menominees · alternative Menomini

  1. A member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.

    Synonyms: Mamaceqtaw

proper noun

alternative Menomini

  1. Their language.
  2. A village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Menominee County, Michigan, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States.
  5. A town in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States, which is coextensive with and consolidated with the county.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.

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Mamaceqtaw
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Mamaceqtaw

More synonyms by meaning

nouna member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin

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Menomini
Broader
AlgonquianAlgonquin

nounthe Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini

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MenominiMenominee languageMenomini language
Broader
AlgonquianAlgonquinAlgonquian language
Also see
omāēqnomenēweqnaesen

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ojibwemanoominii
  2. EnglishMenominee

Borrowed from Ojibwe manoominii (literally “wild-rice people”); from Ojibwe manoomin.

More words from Ojibwe

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 梅諾米尼 /梅诺米尼
  • 梅諾米尼 /梅诺米尼 (Méinuòmǐní)city in Michigan
French menominee, menominee
  • menomineea member of the Menominee people
  • menomineeMenominee language
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Menominee on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.