Menominee

English

Alternative forms

• Menomini

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe manoominii (literally “wild-rice people”).

Noun

Menominee (plural Menominees or Menominee)

1. A member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.

Synonyms

• Mamaceqtaw (plural only)

Translations

a member of the Menominee people

• French: menominee (fr)
• Menominee: mamāceqtaw, oma͞eqnomenēw
• Ojibwe: omanoominii
• Ottawa: manoomnii
• Unami: Mìnòmëni

Proper noun

Menominee

1. Their language.
2. A village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.
3. A city, the county seat of Menominee County, Michigan, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States.
5. A town in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States, which is coextensive with and consolidated with the county.

Synonyms

• Mamaceqtaw

Derived terms

• Menominee County
• Menominee Range

Translations

Menominee language

• French: menominee (fr)
• Menominee: oma͞eqnomenēweqnaesen
• Ojibwe: omanoominiimowin