Wyoming
English
Map of US highlighting Wyoming
Etymology
The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (“at the big river flat”).
The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters' were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"[1]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Wyoming
- A state of the United States of America Capital: Cheyenne.
- A town in Delaware.
- A city in Illinois.
- A city in Iowa.
- A town in Massachusetts.
- A city in Michigan.
- A city in Minnesota.
- A village in New York.
- A city in Ohio.
- A borough in Pennsylvania.
- A village in Rhode Island.
- Either of two towns in Wisconsin.
Derived terms
- WY
- Wyo.
- Wyoming County
- Wyomingian
- Wyomingite
Translations
US state
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See also
- Appendix:Place names in Wyoming
References
- “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed 1 February 2011, archived from the original on 30 May 2011
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑi̯omiŋː/, [ˈʋɑi̯o̞miŋː], also English pronunciation is acceptable
Declension
- In Wyoming = Wyomingissa
| Inflection of Wyoming (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Wyoming | — | |
| genitive | Wyomingin | — | |
| partitive | Wyomingia | — | |
| illative | Wyomingiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Wyoming | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Wyoming | — |
| gen. | Wyomingin | ||
| genitive | Wyomingin | — | |
| partitive | Wyomingia | — | |
| inessive | Wyomingissa | — | |
| elative | Wyomingista | — | |
| illative | Wyomingiin | — | |
| adessive | Wyomingilla | — | |
| ablative | Wyomingilta | — | |
| allative | Wyomingille | — | |
| essive | Wyomingina | — | |
| translative | Wyomingiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Wyomingitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
French
Etymology
Munsee xwé:wamənk (“at the big river flat”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.jɔ.miŋ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iŋ
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaˈjoːmɪŋ/, /waˈjɔʊ̯mɪŋ/
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /waj.ˈo.mĩ/
Romanian
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