Milwaukee

//mɪlˈwɔːkiː// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  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.

Example

More examples

"I need an early flight from Milwaukee to Denver."

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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