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Owatonna

Owatonna proper noun: a city, the county seat of Steele County, Minnesota, United States.

Proper noun

Owatonna

  1. A city, the county seat of Steele County, Minnesota, United States.

Origin of Owatonna

Borrowed from Dakota owóthaŋna, a clipping of Dakota wakpá owóthaŋna, meaning the Straight River.

Questions about Owatonna

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

Words near Owatonna in the dictionary

  1. owarri
  2. Owasco
  3. Owase
  4. OWASP
  5. Owasso
  6. Owatonna
  7. owch
  8. owche
  9. owches
  10. owchie
  11. owchies

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