Minneapolis

American  

[min-ee-ap-uh-lis] / ˌmɪn iˈæp ə lɪs /

noun

1. a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.

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Minneapolis British  

/ ˌmɪnɪˈæpəlɪs /

noun

1. a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi River adjacent to St Paul: the largest city in the state; important centre for the grain trade. Pop: 373 188 (2003 est)

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Minneapolis Cultural  

1. Largest city in Minnesota, and, with St. Paul, one of the Twin Cities.

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Other Word Forms

• Minneapolitan
  noun

Example Sentences

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Minneapolis

A team of Lego designers took a summer 2018 road trip through the American Midwest, visiting dozens of homes in and around Madison, Wis., and Minneapolis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Another demonstrator, Alex Pretti, was killed by US Customs and Border Protection officers later that month, as Minneapolis residents turned out in force to protest anti-immigrant raids.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Who was Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead in Minneapolis?

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

“What we’re experiencing in court is, in a sense, worse than what we saw on the streets of Minneapolis, but it happens in secret,” said Vera Weisz, a Los Angeles immigration lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

In Minneapolis there had been only silence and the inevitable clumsy petitions of potato-fingered men looking for someone, anyone, to share the agony of their days.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson