manitou
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- proper noun
- /ˈmænɪtu/
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Manitou
- Camp Manitou, it was called; it was one of the better ones for girls, though not the best.
- Manitou Springs
- Kitche Manitou
- Great Manitou
Examples
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Hey Rich and Adam, this is Annie from Manitou Springs, Co.
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Now, if you look right here, we have Sally Johnson from Manitou, Colorado.
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Right now, I'm living in Manitou Springs, as I said, in a place called Banana Manor.
Fiction book (1991) -
University Drive between Lincoln and Manitou avenues will be closed on Monday and then restricted through early September.
Blog text (19) -
By T. W. Woodruff, Manitou Springs, Colorado
Academic text (2010) -
To Lois, encountering it in the first year after the war, Camp Manitou seemed ancient.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hi, I'm Josh and I'm Janie, and we're in Manitou Springs, Co in front of the GMM billboard.
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I pumped gas, checked radiators, and squeegeed the bugs off windshields at Cowboy Jack's in Manitou Springs.
Fiction book (1990) -
I still live in the house where you were born on Grand Manitou Island.
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We will sleep well knowing no one in Manitou Springs was hurt or killed.
Synonyms
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A name for towns or beaches in Spanish-speaking countries
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A large lake between New York, Vermont and southern Quebec known for its history and boating
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A name used for towns, rivers, or mountains in North America
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A place name for lakes or towns in North America
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A name used for towns or counties in the United States
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A large lake in western New York popular for swimming, boating and fishing
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A town or place name used in parts of the United States
A river or town name in North America
Surface Forms
Etymology
Manitou is also used as a place name in North America because many towns and lakes were given the Algonquian word for 'spirit', so places called Manitou often mark a site people saw as special or powerful.