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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Minneapolis: an ancient Chippewa word meaning “refuse heap” or “dumping ground.”


23 posted on 01/20/2018 7:11:25 AM PST by IronJack (A)
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HRC only won MN by 1.5%..... flippable.


26 posted on 01/20/2018 7:13:46 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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The name Minneapolis is attributed to Charles Hoag, the city's first schoolmaster, who combined mni, a Dakota Sioux word for water, and polis, the Greek word for city.
30 posted on 01/20/2018 7:16:59 AM PST by null and void ( Trump's not politically correct, he's just correct.)
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I always thought it meant city of waters, but I could be wrong.


54 posted on 01/20/2018 8:17:32 AM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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“Minneapolis: an ancient Chippewa word meaning “refuse heap” or “dumping ground.”

Chicago...stinking onions.


63 posted on 01/20/2018 8:52:12 AM PST by Bonemaker
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