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Milwaukee

//mɪlˈwɔːkiː// name

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  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States.; The largest city in Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County.

    "During the Toronto Raptors' championship run, a fan-made sign referred to the opposing Milwaukee Bucks as the "Milwaukee Bucktees," bucktee being an insult deriving from a similar word in Somali."

  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Northampton County, North Carolina.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

Etymology

Perhaps from Potawatomi minwaking, or Ojibwe ominowakiing (“gathering place (by the water)”), or an Algonquin word meaning for “the good land”.

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