Word.ws English Dictionary

Wyoming

UK/waɪˈəʊmɪŋ//waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/

Wyoming proper noun: a state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.

Proper noun

Wyoming

  1. A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.
    • In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN
  2. A town in Kent County, Delaware; a suburb of Dover.
  3. A city in Stark County, Illinois; a suburb of Peoria.
  4. A small city in Jones County, Iowa; a suburb of Cedar Rapids.
  5. A ghost town in Bath County, Kentucky.
  6. A neighborhood in the city of Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  7. A sizable city in Kent County, Michigan; a suburb of Grand Rapids.
  8. A city in Chisago County, Minnesota.
  9. An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska.
  10. A village in the town of Middlebury, Wyoming County, New York.
  11. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
  12. A borough of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Show 6 more meaningsShow fewer meanings
  1. A village and census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
  2. An unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
  3. A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
  4. A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
  5. A suburb of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
  6. A former village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now part of the town of Plympton-Wyoming.

Wyoming meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Indonesian

Wyoming in Hindi

US state
वायोमिंग vāyomiṅg

Wyoming in Urdu

US state
وائیومنگ vāiyomiṅg

Wyoming in Arabic

US state
وَايُومِنْغ wayūminḡ

Wyoming in Indonesian

US state
Wyoming
More languagesFewer languages
Wyoming in Persian
وایومینگ
Wyoming in Thai
ไวโอมิง wai-oo-mîng

Origin of Wyoming

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.'"

Words formed from Wyoming

Phrases with Wyoming

Words that rhyme with Wyoming

Questions about Wyoming

What does Wyoming mean?
Wyoming means a state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.
What is Wyoming in Hindi?
Wyoming in Hindi is वायोमिंग (vāyomiṅg). See Wyoming meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Wyoming?
Wyoming is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Wyoming?
Wyoming is pronounced /waɪˈəʊmɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near Wyoming in the dictionary

  1. wynyardiids
  2. WYO
  3. Wyo.
  4. Wyobraska
  5. Wyodak
  6. Wyoming
  7. Wyoming County
  8. Wyoming Valley
  9. Wyomingian
  10. Wyomingians
  11. wyomingite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Wyoming (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-Wyoming.ogg.

Cite this entry: “Wyoming.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/wyoming. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.