Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

owatonna

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: owa-ton-na
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

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

Questions

What does owatonna mean?: A city, the county seat of Steele County, Minnesota, United States.
Where does owatonna come from?: Borrowed from Dakota owóthaŋna, a clipping of Dakota wakpá owóthaŋna, meaning the Straight River.

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