minneola

[ min-ee-oh-luh ]

noun

1. a juicy, pear-shaped variety of tangelo.

minneola

/ ˌmɪnɪˈəʊlə /

noun

1. a juicy citrus fruit that is a cross between a tangerine and a grapefruit

Word History and Origins

Origin of minneola¹

C20: perhaps from Mineola, Texas

Example Sentences

After police contacted agencies nationwide, Clark County deputies saw a blue Toyota Tundra that matched the vehicle connected to the Phoenix deaths driving through Minneola, Kansas.

From Seattle Times

Twenty minutes off the 15 freeway, at the Minneola exit, the site lay in ruins.

From Los Angeles Times

Eugenio Rolando Martínez, 98, a Cuban exile and CIA contract agent who was one of five men whose arrest while burglarizing the Watergate complex in Washington ultimately led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974, died Jan. 30 in Minneola, Florida.

From Seattle Times

Eugenio Martínez, a Cuban exile who worked for the CIA, sought to overthrow Fidel Castro and inadvertently helped topple another political leader, Richard M. Nixon, after being arrested with four other burglars at the Watergate office building, died Jan. 30 at his daughter’s home in Minneola, Fla. He was 98.

From Washington Post

“It’s a fraud,” said Tom Vail, a 60-year-old floral importer at a small “Stop the Steal” rally this week outside the Minneola City Hall in Lake County, Fla.

From Los Angeles Times