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Mondamin

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German

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Etymology

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The name of one brand of cornstarch, adopted in 1896 as a reference to Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha, in which the Algonquian maize deity Mondamin appears.

Noun

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Mondamin n (strong, genitive Mondamins or Mondamin, no plural)

  1. cornstarch

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