wyoming

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A state of the United States of America. Capital: Cheyenne

WY a state in the Rocky Mountains in the northwestern US. Although it covers a large area, it has the smallest population of any state in the US. It produces minerals, beef, and wool. State (pop., 2000: 493,782), western U.S. It covers an area of 97,809 sq mi (253,326 sq km); its capital is Cheyenne. Wyoming is bordered on the north and northwest by Montana, on the east by South Dakota and Nebraska, on the south by Colorado, on the southwest by Utah, and on the west by Idaho. It contains part of the Great Plains and the Black Hills. Its ranges of the Rocky Mountains include the Bighorn, Tetons, and Wind River. Wyoming's highest point is Gannett Peak, at 13,804 ft (4,207 m). The Continental Divide crosses it northwest to southeast. About three-fourths of its rivers drain eastward into the Missouri-Mississippi system. Its largest lake is Yellowstone Lake. Wyoming was already inhabited by Plains Indians, including the Shoshone, when it was first visited by European explorers during the 18th century. The Oregon and Overland trails crossed it. Most of the area was acquired by the U.S. from France in the Louisiana Purchase. The Lewis and Clark Expedition did not cross the area, but a member of the group, John Colter, strayed from the expedition and spent time in Wyoming. It was included in several U.S. territories before the organization of the Wyoming Territory in 1868. It adopted women's suffrage in 1869 and in 1889 was the first state to include that right in its constitution. In the years preceding statehood, it developed a thriving cattle industry. It was admitted to the Union in 1890 as the 44th state. In 1925 it elected the first U.S. woman governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross. Though livestock is still important to its modern economy, mining is increasingly influential and tourism is growing

{i} state in the USA

A Capital: Cheyenne

a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east

Relevante Übersetzungen

Wyoming Massacre

(July 3, 1778) Killing of American settlers by the British in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. In the American Revolution, British Col. John Butler led a force of 1,000 loyalists and Iroquois allies against 5,000 settlers in the valley, many of whom were gathered at Forty Fort. A band of men and boys left the fort to meet the attackers and was defeated; 360 settlers were killed, and others who escaped to the woods died of starvation. Butler's forces continued their raids on frontier settlements in New York, which led to American action against the Iroquois. See also Iroquois Confederacy

Silbentrennung

Wy·o·ming

Türkische aussprache

wayōmîng

Aussprache

/ˌwīˈōməɴɢ/ /ˌwaɪˈoʊmɪŋ/

Etymologie

() Munsee xwé:wamənk (“at the big river flat”) Possible source of the place name for the village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters", were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"