- a variation of Wyandot.
Wyandotte
Americannoun
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Wyandottes,
plural
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Wyandotte
plural
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a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
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one of an American breed of chickens, raised for meat and eggs.
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Wyandotte
C19: from Wyandot, a N American Indian people
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“I don’t date Wyandotte County guys,” she said, adding, “My mother would kill me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
The Chiefs said in a statement the team will relocate to Wyandotte County, just west of Kansas City, where a new $3 billion stadium is being built in time for the 2031 season.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
Ali Mahfouz, the owner of Yogurt Co. in Wyandotte, Mich., jumped on the Dubai chocolate trend last October and business has been booming.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2025
The infestation stems from a since-vacated property on 20th Street in Wyandotte, a city of over 24,000 in the southern suburbs of Detroit.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
I knew a man—he was a good man, ’ome-born—who was signal-quartermaster in the Wyandotte.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Two centuries after the Methodists first encountered the Wyandottes, the church plans to return the historical site to the tribe on Saturday.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
The UMC this year is celebrating 200 years of missions, of which John Stewart’s ministry among the Wyandottes was the first.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
The Wyandottes eventually came to think that acquiescing to the government’s demands offered their only chance of maintaining their tribal identity.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
Oklahoma prohibits Las Vegas--style casinos, and that is why the Wyandottes want a satellite reservation in Kansas, which does permit big-time gaming.
From Time Magazine Archive
He sent belts to the Shawanese, to the Wyandottes, to the Mohicans.
From The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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