Wyoming
English
Map of US highlighting Wyoming
Etymology
The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”).
The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters' were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"[1]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Wyoming
- A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.
- A number of other places in the United States:
- A town in Kent County, Delaware; suburb of Dover.
- A city in Stark County, Illinois; suburb of Peoria.
- A small city in Jones County, Iowa; suburb of Cedar Rapids.
- A ghost town in Bath County, Kentucky.
- A neighborhood in the city of Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- A sizable city in Kent County, Michigan; suburb of Grand Rapids.
- A city in Chisago County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Otoe County, Nebraska.
- A village in Wyoming County, New York.
- A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
- A borough of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- A village and census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
- A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- A suburb of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
- A former village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now part of the town of Plympton-Wyoming.
Derived terms
- WY
- Wyo.
- Wyoming County
- Wyomingian
- Wyomingite
Translations
US state
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See also
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| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- “Archived copy”, in (please provide the title of the work), accessed 1 February 2011, archived from the original on 2011-05-30
Further reading
Wyoming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Wyoming.
Proper noun
Wyoming (genitive Wyomings)
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
From English Wyoming.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑi̯ou̯miŋː/, [ˈwɑi̯o̞u̯miŋː]
Proper noun
Wyoming
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Wyoming" is Wyomingissa.
| Inflection of Wyoming (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Wyoming | — | |
| genitive | Wyomingin | — | |
| partitive | Wyomingia | — | |
| illative | Wyomingiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Wyoming | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Wyoming | — |
| gen. | Wyomingin | ||
| genitive | Wyomingin | — | |
| partitive | Wyomingia | — | |
| inessive | Wyomingissa | — | |
| elative | Wyomingista | — | |
| illative | Wyomingiin | — | |
| adessive | Wyomingilla | — | |
| ablative | Wyomingilta | — | |
| allative | Wyomingille | — | |
| essive | Wyomingina | — | |
| translative | Wyomingiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Wyomingitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Wyoming (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Wyomingini | Wyomingimme |
| 2nd person | Wyomingisi | Wyominginne |
| 3rd person | Wyominginsa | |
French
Etymology
From Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.jɔ.miŋ/, /wi.jɔ.miŋ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iŋ
Proper noun
Wyoming m
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
- Synonym: État de l'égalité
- Holonym: États-Unis
- Hypernym: État
German
Etymology
From English Wyoming.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaˈjoːmɪŋ/, /waˈjɔʊ̯mɪŋ/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Wyoming n (proper noun, genitive Wyomings or (optionally with an article) Wyoming)
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waˈjɔ.miŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɔmiŋ
Proper noun
Wyoming m
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Wyoming, from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waˈjɔ.miŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɔmiŋk
- Syllabification: Wy‧o‧ming
Proper noun
Wyoming m inan
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Declension
Declension of Wyoming
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Wyoming |
| genitive | Wyomingu |
| dative | Wyomingowi |
| accusative | Wyoming |
| instrumental | Wyomingiem |
| locative | Wyomingu |
| vocative | Wyomingu |
Further reading
- Wyoming in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Wyoming in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /wajˈõ.mĩ/ [waɪ̯ˈõ.mĩ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /wajˈo.mĩ/ [waɪ̯ˈo.mĩ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /wajˈo.mĩɡ/
Proper noun
Wyoming m
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Romanian
Proper noun
Wyoming n
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
Spanish
Proper noun
Wyoming m
- Wyoming (a state of the United States)
See also
- Wyoming on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es