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Wyoming

American  
[wahy-oh-ming] / waɪˈoʊ mɪŋ /

noun

  1. a state in the northwestern United States. 97,914 sq. mi. (253,595 sq. km). Cheyenne. WY (for use with zip code), Wyo., Wy.

  2. a city in western Michigan, near Grand Rapids.


Wyoming British  
/ waɪˈəʊmɪŋ /

noun

  1. Abbreviation: Wyo.   Wy.   WY.  a state of the western US: consists largely of ranges of the Rockies in the west and north, with part of the Great Plains in the east and several regions of hot springs. Capital: Cheyenne. Pop: 501 242 (2003 est). Area: 253 597 sq km (97 914 sq miles)

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Wyoming Cultural  
  1. State in the western United States bordered by Montana to the north, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Colorado and Utah to the south, and Idaho to the west. Its capital is Cheyenne, and its largest city is Casper.


Other Word Forms

  • Wyomingite noun

Example Sentences

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Although Virginia is the only state where data centers’ share of electricity use currently exceeds 20%, that list could grow by 2030 to include states such as Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming.

From The Wall Street Journal

I have climbed the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, and hunted bull elk in the primitive area of Idaho.

From Literature

It was only in 2018 that the first sanctioned bare-knuckle bout for 130 years took place in the US state of Wyoming.

From BBC

The effort relies on a supercomputer in Wyoming that can do nearly 20 quadrillion calculations a second using 328 Nvidia chips.

From The Wall Street Journal

They would place the burden of water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada while not requiring any for the four other upriver states — Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times