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manoomin

/mʌˈnuːmɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
manoomin
IPA
/mʌˈnuːmɪn/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

wild rice, usually northern wild rice (Zizania palustris)

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe manoomin, from Proto-Algonquian *maθo·mina. Doublet of mnomen, which is from Potawatomi, and Mahnomen, a placename.

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How do you pronounce manoomin?
The recorded pronunciation is /mʌˈnuːmɪn/.
What does manoomin mean?
wild rice, usually northern wild rice (Zizania palustris)
Where does manoomin come from?
Borrowed from Ojibwe manoomin, from Proto-Algonquian *maθo·mina. Doublet of mnomen, which is from Potawatomi, and Mahnomen, a placename.

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