Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleepy eye

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: sleep-y -eye
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A lake in Minnesota, United States.

name

A small city in rural Brown County, Minnesota, United States.

Example Sentences

"The employees contend that inasmuch as there are seven engines hostled at Sleepy Eye within a 12-hour period, a hostler from the ranks of the firemen must be assigned […]"

Etymology

The city is named after the lake, which was named after a local Dakota chief of the 1800s, said to have had a drooping eyelid or eyelids.

Questions

What does sleepy eye mean?: A lake in Minnesota, United States.
Where does sleepy eye come from?: The city is named after the lake, which was named after a local Dakota chief of the 1800s, said to have had a drooping eyelid or eyelids.

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