Minnesotan
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtən/, [ˌmɪnəˈso(ʊ)ʔn̩]
Adjective
Minnesotan (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Minnesota.
Noun
Minnesotan (plural Minnesotans)
- A native or resident of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America.
- 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Penguin, published 1976, →OCLC, page 29:
- When he was finished, as such, he was wringing wet, and now he had to edge and shimmy his way back, and with a most woebegone look, and everybody laughing, except the sad blond boy, and the Minnesotans roaring in the cab.
- 2015, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture, page 114:
- […] while a Minnesotan in her early thirties summed up the general influence of apocalyptic popular culture: “I think it has made me more of a doomer. […]
Hypernyms
Translations
person from Minnesota
Finnish
Proper noun
Minnesotan
- genitive singular of Minnesota