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Vinony

Milwaukee

proper noun

  1. American city
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mɪlˈwɔː.kiː/ / /mɪlˈwɔk.i/ / /məˈwɔk.i/ [məˈwɒki ~ məˈwɑki]

name

Etymology: Perhaps from Potawatomi minwaking, or Ojibwe ominowakiing (“gathering place (by the water)”), or an Algonquin word meaning for “the good land”.

  1. A number of places in the United States.

    “During the Toronto Raptors' championship run, a fan-made sign referred to the opposing Milwaukee Bucks as the "Milwaukee Bucktees," bucktee being an insult deriving from a similar word in Somali.”

    “There was no location, really — most of the convention took place in a Milwaukee of the mind. […] Instead, the teleconvention kept a few standards (like the Bruce Springsteen–soundtracked montage) and borrowed from a grab bag of other TV formats, from talk show to cable news to reality-TV reunion special.”

  2. A number of places in the United States.
  3. A number of places in the United States.