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Minneapolis
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English
Etymology
en :af dak:mníȟaȟa<ety:af<mní><ȟaȟa>> -polis 1
Minnehapolis proposed in 1852 by Charles Hoag as a (misspelt) blend of en dak mníȟaȟa waterfall (dak mní ȟaȟa water curling 1) + en grc πόλις city. Amended to Minneapolis at a town meeting the same year.
Pronunciation
en /mɪniˈæpəlɪs/ GA
en En-us-Minneapolis.oga US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Minneapolis.wav US
Proper noun
en Q36091en The largest <<city>> in <<s/Minnesota>>, <<c/USA>>, and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Hennepin County>>.
en Chris Cillizza Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/defund-the-police-democrats 2021-11-05 On Tuesday, a proposal to fundamentally restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020 was soundly defeated, a setback that even many Democrats acknowledged could be laid at the feet of the “defund the police” movement that some within the party embraced last summer. https://web.archive.org/web/20220203125451/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/defund-the-police-democrats/
en Q1931546en city/county seat co/Ottawa County s/Kansas c/USA.
Holonyms
the en Twin Cities
Derived terms
en Minneapolitan
en Mpls
en Murderapolis
Translations
city
Arabic: ar مِنِيَابُولِس f
Bengali: bn মিনিয়াপোলিস
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 明尼阿波利斯 Míngní'ābōlìsī
Dakota: dak Bdeóta Othúŋwe
Esperanto: eo Mineapolo
German: de Minneapolis
Greek: el Μιννεάπολη f, el Μινεάπολη
Hawaiian: haw Mineapoli
Japanese: ja ミネアポリス mineaporisu
Latvian: lv Mineapole f
Navajo: nv Beʼekʼid Łání
Ojibwe: oj Mishiimini'odenang, oj Gakaabikaang
Russian: ru Миннеаполис
Further reading
Minneapolis (disambiguation)
en hybridisms
German
de:
Etymology
de :bor en:Minneapolis
de en Minneapolis.
Pronunciation
de /mɪˈni̯ɛːpolɪs/ [mɪ.niˈɛː.po.lɪs] [mɪnˈjɛː.po.lɪs]
de De-Minneapolis.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de Minneapolis Q36091
Derived terms
de Minneapolitaner, de Minneapoliser
de minneapolitanisch