- a variation of Wyandot.
Wyandotte
Americannoun
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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
Other Word Forms
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 release said that police and a deputy with the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office performed life-saving efforts until EMS arrived on the scene and pronounced the man dead.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
The furnace-man said he was a Wyandotte and, as a feminine household, we invariably put absolute faith in the word of our furnace-man.
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee
After the Wyandottes regain ownership of the property, they plan to apply for the U.S. government to hold the land in a trust.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
The Oklahoma members make up the federally recognized tribe, while other Wyandottes who live across the United States are not federally recognized.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
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
However, the Wyandottes insist they never did convey title to the cemetery to anybody.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But why, if you've built up a flock of Eichorn Wyandottes from one single pen, do you have only enough money to buy some berry plants?"
From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
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