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Wyoming

wyo·ming

UK/waɪˈəʊmɪŋ/ US/waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/ fairly common

noun

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a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east

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Origin

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.'"

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  • Wyoming County

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