Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A state of the northern United States bordering on Lake Superior and on Manitoba and Ontario, Canada. It was admitted as the 32nd state in 1858. Explored by the French in the mid-1600s, the area became part of the United States through the Treaty of Paris (1783) and the Louisiana Purchase (1803). St. Paul is the capital and Minneapolis the largest city.

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  • proper noun A north-central state of the United States of America. West of Wisconsin, north of Iowa, east of South Dakota and North Dakota; south of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. The capital is Saint Paul.

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  • noun a midwestern state

Etymologies

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From Siouan mní (water) + sóta (hazy, smokey, turbid): "cloudy water."

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Examples

  • AL FRANKEN (D), MINNESOTA SENATE CANDIDATE: After 62 days of careful and painstaking hand inspection of nearly three million ballots after hours and hours of hard work by election officials and volunteers across this state, I am proud to stand before you as the next senator from Minnesota.

    CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2009 2009

  • AL FRANKEN (D), MINNESOTA SENATE CANDIDATE: After 62 days of careful and painstaking hand inspection of nearly 3 million ballots after hours and hours of hard work by election officials and volunteers across this state, I am proud to stand before you as the next senator from Minnesota.

    CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2009 2009

  • ELWYN TINKLENBERG, (D) MINNESOTA CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE: Well, this is something that has been a part of her character here in Minnesota for a long time.

    CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2008 2008

  • THOMAS HUNTLEY (D), MINNESOTA STATE REPRESENTATIVE: I started out just thinking it was wrong to use our taxpayer dollars to hire people in New Delhi, when we're firing them in New Ulm, Minnesota, but I've got more feedback on this legislation than anything I've done in the past.

    CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2004 2004

  • ELMER ANDERSON, FORMER MINNESOTA GOVERNOR: Minnesota has believed in history.

    CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2003 2003

  • TERRY VENTURA, FIRST LADY OF MINNESOTA: The earliest I can recall was when I was 2 years old and my grandmother put me on a horse, an old draft horse type at her farm in southern Minnesota.

    CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: GaWaNi Pony Boy Discusses 'Of Women and Horses'; Rich Cohen Discusses 'The Avengers' - October 14, 2000 2000

  • Sioux in Minnesota as they were in 1834_ in the _Minnesota Historical

    Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 Marcus L. Hansen

  • [218] Seymour's _Sketches of Minnesota, the New England of the West_, p. 117; Bishop's _Floral Home; or, First Years of Minnesota_, pp. 156, 157.

    Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 Marcus L. Hansen

  • Dakotas or Sioux in Minnesota as they were in 1834_ in the _Minnesota

    Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 Marcus L. Hansen

  • July 30th, 2010 MINNESOTA (GaeaTimes. com) -- Matt Capps is all set to move over to Minnesota

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

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  • For more about Minnesota, see here.

    June 29, 2011