Menominee

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or Me·nom·i·ni

[ muh-nom-uh-nee ]

noun,plural Me·nom·i·nees, (especially collectively) Me·nom·i·nee for 1.
  1. a member of a group of American Indian people of northeastern Wisconsin.

  2. the Eastern Algonquian language of the Menominee.

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Other definitions for Menominee (2 of 2)

Menominee2
[ muh-nom-uh-nee ]

noun
  1. a river in NW Michigan and NE Wisconsin, flowing SE to Green Bay on Lake Michigan: forms part of the boundary between Michigan and Wisconsin. 118 miles (190 km) long.

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How to use Menominee in a sentence

  • To the west of Milwaukee, across the valley of the Menominee, rises a sandy hilltop which is a little insect kingdom by itself.

    Wasps | George W. Peckham