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Allamakee

/æ.lə.mə.ki/

Allamakee proper noun: the northeastern-most county in the state of Iowa in the United States.

Proper noun

Allamakee

  1. The northeastern-most county in the state of Iowa in the United States.

Origin of Allamakee

The origin of the name is uncertain, with local lore ascribing it to a Native American trader named Allan Makee and other sources suggesting that it derives from an Algonquian language term for the Thunder clan of the Sac/Fox people; compare Fox nenemehkiwa (“thunder”) and Ojibwe animikii (“thunderer”) (alternation of l and n is common in Algonquian languages and in words borrowed into or from them).

Phrases with Allamakee

Questions about Allamakee

What does Allamakee mean?
Allamakee means the northeastern-most county in the state of Iowa in the United States.
What part of speech is Allamakee?
Allamakee is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Allamakee?
Allamakee is pronounced /æ.lə.mə.ki/.

Words near Allamakee in the dictionary

  1. Allais effect
  2. Allais effects
  3. Allais paradox
  4. Allaises
  5. Allam
  6. Allamakee
  7. Allamakee County
  8. Allaman
  9. allamanda
  10. allamandas
  11. allamandin

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