Milwaukee

English <dab> Etymology en :der<unc> oj:ominowakiing alq:- 1 Perhaps from en oj ominowakiing gathering place (by the water), or an en alq - word meaning “the good land”. Pronunciation en /mɪlˈwɔː.kiː/ RP en /mɪlˈwɔk.i/ US,non-cot-caught en /məˈwɔk.i/ [məˈwɒki ~ məˈwɑki] Milwaukee,Northern cities shift en /məˈwɑ.ki/ [məˈwɑki] Milwaukee,cot-caught en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Milwaukee.wav Milwaukee [məˈwɑki] en /mɪlˈwɑ.ki/ GA,cot-caught,dialects of Canada en /mɪlˈwɒk.i/ CA,dialects of the US Proper noun en number of places c/US. en Q37836en The largest <<city>> in <<s/Wisconsin>> and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Milwaukee County>>. en Toronto slang on the rise thanks to city's growing pop culture relevance w:CBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20220706165924/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-slang-1.5320157 13 October 2019 During the Toronto Raptors' championship run, a fan-made sign referred to the opposing Milwaukee Bucks as the "Milwaukee Bucktees," bucktee being an insult deriving from a similar word in Somali. en 2020-08-18 James Poniewozik A D.N.C. Opening Night for the New Abnormal w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/arts/television/dnc-michelle-obama.html There was no location, really — most of the convention took place in a Milwaukee of the mind. Instead, the teleconvention kept a few standards (like the Bruce Springsteen–soundtracked montage) and borrowed from a grab bag of other TV formats, from talk show to cable news to reality-TV reunion special. https://web.archive.org/web/20200821014203/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/arts/television/dnc-michelle-obama.html en Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies w:CNN http://cnn.com/2021/11/22/us/waukesha-wisconsin-parade-victims 2022-10-26 A GoFundMe page was created by the family and talked about how Sorenson spent her last moments celebrating the beauty of life and how she had a true passion for the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies. https://web.archive.org/web/20250703073249/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/22/us/waukesha-wisconsin-parade-victims/ 3 July 2025 en ucomm/and/CDP co/Northampton County s/North Carolina. en ucomm co/Lackawanna County s/Pennsylvania. Alternative forms en Milwaukie archaic Derived terms en Milwaukee brace Milwaukee shoulder syndrome Mil Milwaukeean Milwaukee County Milwaukee goiter Milwaukee protocol Milwaukee Road Milwaukie