Menominee

English

Alternative forms

Menomini

Etymology

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

Noun

Menominee (plural Menominees or Menominee)

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

Their language.
A village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.
A city, the county seat of Menominee County, Michigan, United States.
An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States.
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

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