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Meaning of Milwaukee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
mɪlˈwɔːkiː

Definitions

  1. A number of places in the United States.
  2. The largest city in Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County.
  3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Northampton County, North Carolina.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

Equivalents

العربية ميلووكي

Examples

“During the Toronto Raptors' championship run, a fan-made sign referred to the opposing Milwaukee Bucks as the "Milwaukee Bucktees," bucktee being an insult deriving from a similar word in Somali.”
“There was no location, really — most of the convention took place in a Milwaukee of the mind. […] Instead, the teleconvention kept a few standards (like the Bruce Springsteen–soundtracked montage) and borrowed from a grab bag of other TV formats, from talk show to cable news to reality-TV reunion special.”
“A GoFundMe page was created by the family and talked about how Sorenson spent her last moments celebrating the beauty of life and how she had a true passion for the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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