How to pronounce Minnesota?

Minnesota is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ m ih - n ih - s OH - t uh ]

m	ih	-	n	ih	-	s	OH	-	t	uh
me	it		no	it		so	so		to	up

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MINI-SO-tuh
tuh - rhymes with DUH, THE

The actual pronunciation of the word is "mne"...like many but fast...like men-knee. then the second part is "so" like the word so and ta like tah...the a sounds like the a in father. in the Sioux language, it means "fog over the water." "
"mini-SO-tuh is an anglicized pronunciation and is incorrect.

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