Menominee

 
Pronunciation: /mɪˈnɒmɪniː/
(also Menomini)

noun (plural or Menominees)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of NE Wisconsin.
  • 2 [mass noun] the extinct Algonquian language of the Menominee.

adjective

  • relating to or denoting the Menominee or their language.

Origin:

from Ojibwa manōminī, literally 'wild-rice person'