Wyoming

//waɪˈəʊmɪŋ// name

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  1. 1
    A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.

    "In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms."

  2. 2
    A number of other places in the United States:; A town in Kent County, Delaware; a suburb of Dover.
  3. 3
    A number of other places in the United States:; A city in Stark County, Illinois; a suburb of Peoria.
  4. 4
    A number of other places in the United States:; A small city in Jones County, Iowa; a suburb of Cedar Rapids.
  5. 5
    A number of other places in the United States:; A ghost town in Bath County, Kentucky.
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  1. 6
    A number of other places in the United States:; A neighborhood in the city of Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  2. 7
    A number of other places in the United States:; A sizable city in Kent County, Michigan; a suburb of Grand Rapids.
  3. 8
    A number of other places in the United States:; A city in Chisago County, Minnesota.
  4. 9
    A number of other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska.
  5. 10
    A number of other places in the United States:; A village in Wyoming County, New York.
  6. 11
    A number of other places in the United States:; A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
  7. 12
    A number of other places in the United States:; A borough of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  8. 13
    A number of other places in the United States:; A village and census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
  9. 14
    A number of other places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
  10. 15
    A number of other places in the United States:; A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
  11. 16
    A number of other places in the United States:; A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
  12. 17
    A suburb of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
  13. 18
    A former village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now part of the town of Plympton-Wyoming.

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equality statewywyo

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"Cheyenne is the most populous city in Wyoming with a population of almost 92,000 people."

Etymology

The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”). The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters' were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"

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