Milwaukee

专有名词
中文释义
英 /mɪlˈwɔː.kiː/    美 /mɪlˈwɔk.i/|/mɪlˈwɑ.ki/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A number of places in the United States.; The largest city in Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County.
    — 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.
  2. A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Northampton County, North Carolina.
  3. A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

词形变化

Milwaukie alternative,archaic

词源

Perhaps from Potawatomi minwaking, or Ojibwe ominowakiing (“gathering place (by the water)”), or an Algonquin word meaning for “the good land”.
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