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Menomini

[ muh-nom-uh-nee ]

noun

, plural Me·nom·i·nis, (especially collectively) Me·nom·i·ni.


Menomini

/ məˈnɒmənɪ /

noun

  1. -ni-nis-nee-nees a member of a North American Indian people formerly living between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

A word of admonition from the wisdom lore of the Menomini tribe says, “Look often at the moon and the stars.”

The custom of apologizing to an animal on killing it, frequent elsewhere, is reported as existing among the Algonkin Ottawas and Menomini; but this is not necessarily totemic.

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