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Mahnomen

Mahnomen proper noun: a small city, the county seat of Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States.

Proper noun

Mahnomen

  1. A small city, the county seat of Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States.
  2. A census-designated place in St. Louis County, Minnesota.

Origin of Mahnomen

From Ojibwe manoomin (“wild rice”). Doublet of manoomin and mnomen.

Words formed from Mahnomen

Questions about Mahnomen

What does Mahnomen mean?
Mahnomen means a small city, the county seat of Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States.
What part of speech is Mahnomen?
Mahnomen is a proper noun.

Words near Mahnomen in the dictionary

  1. Mahnken
  2. Mahnkens
  3. Mahnkes
  4. Mahnmal
  5. Mahnmals
  6. Mahnomen
  7. Mahnomen County
  8. Mahoba
  9. mahobohobo
  10. Mahock
  11. Mahocks

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