Minnesotan

English

Etymology

From Minnesota +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtən/, [ˌmɪnəˈso(ʊ)ʔn̩]

Adjective

Minnesotan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Minnesota.

Noun

Minnesotan (plural Minnesotans)

1. 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

• American

Translations

person from Minnesota

• Finnish: minnesotalainen
• French: habitant (fr) m du Minnesota
• German: Mensch aus Minnesota m
• Italian: abitante (it) m dello Minnesota

Finnish

Proper noun

Minnesotan

1. genitive singular of Minnesota

Anagrams

• nostaminen