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Mendota

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English

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Etymology

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From Dakota mdóte (mouth or junction of one river with another).[1]

Proper noun

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Mendota

  1. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Fresno County, California.
    2. A city in LaSalle County, Illinois.
    3. A township in LaSalle County, Illinois.
    4. A minor city in Dakota County, Minnesota.
    5. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Virginia.
    6. An extinct town in Lewis County, Washington.

References

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  1. ^ Riggs, Stephen Return (1852) Grammar and dictionary of the Dakota language[1], Smithsonian Institution, page 139