Minnesota

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Etymology: From Lakota mní šóta (literally “cloudy water”).

1. A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Saint Paul. Largest city: Minneapolis.

   ““I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to ever get out there, was not a good thing,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel on Thursday.”

   “The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.”

2. A tributary of the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota.
3. A former territory (1849–1858) of the United States, encompassing the modern state and part of the Dakotas. Capital: Saint Paul.
4. The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.