Menominee

noun

Me·​nom·​i·​nee mə-ˈnä-mə-nē 

variants or less commonly Menomini

1

plural Menominee or Menominees also Menomini or Menominis : a member of an Indigenous people of northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula

2

: the Algonquian language of the Menominee people

Examples of Menominee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On June 6, the worker was moving newborn livestock from one farm to another location about two miles away in the village of Daggett in Michigan's Menominee County, according to the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration. — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 16 June 2026

The National Weather Service issued warnings early Monday for Lake, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Green Lake, Menominee, Kenosha, Winnebago, Outagamie, Waupaca, Shawano, Marinette, and Rock counties. — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 27 Apr. 2026

Marathon, Langlade, Lincoln, Menominee and Shawano counties Forecasts call for heavy mixed precipitation, which will likely lead to up to two inches of snow and sleet accumulation and up to a quarter of an inch of ice accumulation in some northern counties, the weather service said. — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026

One of Charles James’ favorite childhood memories is making syrup in the spring from the dozens of maple trees in his parents’ backyard on the Menominee Reservation in northwest Wisconsin. — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 30 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Ojibwa mano·mini· (manoominii), literally, "wild rice people," derivative of mano·min (manoomin) "wild rice"

Note: According to the Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 15, Northeast (Smithsonian Institution, 1978), p. 723, "the Menominee name for themselves, omɛ·ʔnomene·w is of obscure etymology but is clearly not derived from their word mano·meh 'wild rice'."

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Menominee

• abc
• absentee
• addressee
• adoptee
• allottee
• amphorae
• amputee
• apc
• apogee
• appointee
• assessee
• assignee

Geographical Definition

Menominee

geographical name

Me·​nom·​i·​nee mə-ˈnä-mə-nē 

river 125 miles (201 kilometers) long in northeastern Wisconsin flowing southeast on the Michigan–Wisconsin border into Green Bay