Menominee
pronunciation
How to pronounce Menominee in British English:
UK [mɪnʌmɪ'ni:]
How to pronounce Menominee in American English:
US [mɪnʌmɪ'ni]
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- Noun:
- a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
Word Origin
- Menominee
- also Menomini, Algonquian people of Wisconsin, from Ojibwa (Algonquian) Manoominii, literally "wild rice people," from manoomin "wild rice." Not their name for themselves.