Minden

See also: minden

English

Etymology

From German Minden.

Proper noun

Minden

1. A municipality in Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
2. A town, the administrative seat of Minden-Lübbecke district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
3. A small town in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.
4. A rural community west of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand.
5. A township, the county seat of Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada, also known as Minden Hills.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A ghost town in Calhoun County, Alabama.
   2. A minor city and township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
   3. A city, the parish seat of Webster Parish, Louisiana.
   4. A township in Sanilac County, Michigan.
   5. A ghost town and township in Benton County, Minnesota.
   6. A ghost town in Kemper County, Mississippi.
   7. A ghost town in Lawrence County, Missouri.
   8. A ghost town in Warren County, Missouri.
   9. A ghost town in Meagher County, Montana.
   10. A city, the county seat of Kearney County, Nebraska.
   11. An unincorporated town, the county seat of Douglas County, Nevada.
   12. A town in Montgomery County, New York.
   13. A ghost town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
   14. An unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas.
   15. A census-designated place in Fayette County, West Virginia.
   16. A ghost town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.

Translations

A Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明登 (Míngdēng)

Anagrams

• enmind, indemn, mendin', minned

German

Etymology

From Old Saxon Minda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪndn̩/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Min‧den

Proper noun

Minden n (proper noun, genitive Mindens or (optionally with an article) Minden)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Minden-Lübbecke district, North Rhine-Westphalia; also called Minden i. W.
2. A municipality of Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district, Rhineland-Palatinate
3. Minden (a rural town in Somerset Local Government Area, Queensland, Australia)
4. Minden (a city, the parish seat of Webster Parish, Louisiana)
5. Minden (a city, the county seat of Kearney County, Nebraska)

Derived terms

• mindensch (Mindensch, Minden'sch)
  • (das) Mindensche n (region)
• mindisch (Mindisch)

Proper noun

Minden m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Mindens or (with an article) Minden, feminine genitive Minden, plural Mindens or Minden)

1. a surname transferred from the place name