Minnehaha County

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dakota mníȟaȟa (“waterfall" or "rapids”) (mní (“water”) +‎ ȟaȟa (“curling”)) + English county.

Proper noun

Minnehaha County

1. One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Sioux Falls.

Related terms

• Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis was independently (and tautologically) named from the same Dakota word.
• Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis was named after the Minnehaha Falls within it.
• Minnehaha Trail is named after the Minnehaha Park, which is at one end of it.
• Minneapolis was named by blending the same Dakota word and Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”)
• Minnehaha (the fictional woman in a Longfellow poem) was named after the Minneapolis waterfall.

References

• Index of U.S. counties on Wikipedia.Wikipedia