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Where does “Wyoming” come from?

Wyoming derives from Munsee xwé:wamənk, a word of uncertain meaning whose sense development into the English place name remains unclear.

Ancestry of “Wyoming”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Munseexwé:wamənk—

Words derived from “Wyoming”

  • Wyomingite
  • Wyoming
  • Wyoming
  • Wyoming
  • ไวโอมิง
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