Many places in the state have similar names, such as Minnehaha Falls ("curling water" or waterfall), Minneiska ("white water"), Minneota ("much water"), Minnetonka ("big water"), Minnetrista ("crooked water"), and Minneapolis, a combination of mni and polis, the Greek word for "city".
Mnoga mjesta u državi imaju slična imena poput Minnehaha Falls ("vrtložna voda, vodopad"), Minneiska ("bijela voda"), Minneota ("puno vode"), Minnetonka ("velika voda"), Minnetrista ("nepoštena voda") i Minneapolisa, kombinacija mni i polisa, grčke riječi za "grad".