- pipestone
- noun Date: circa 1805 a pink or mottled pink-and-white argillaceous stone used especially by American Indians to make carved objects (as tobacco pipes)
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Pipestone — may refer to:* Catlinite, a type of red, carvable rock that was used by Native Americans for pipes and effigies; Places in Canada * Pipestone, Manitoba * Pipestone No. 92, Saskatchewan, Canada, a former name of the Rural Municipality of Walpole… … Wikipedia
Pipestone — Pipestone, MN U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 4280 Housing Units (2000): 2097 Land area (2000): 3.923802 sq. miles (10.162601 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.923802 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Pipestone, MN — U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 4280 Housing Units (2000): 2097 Land area (2000): 3.923802 sq. miles (10.162601 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.923802 sq. miles (10.162601 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Pipestone — Pipe stone , n. A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. {Catlinite}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pipestone — ☆ pipestone [pīp′stōn΄ ] n. a hard, reddish, claylike stone used by the American Indians to make tobacco pipes … English World dictionary
pipestone — /puyp stohn /, n. a reddish argillaceous stone used by North American Indians for making tobacco pipes. [1755 65; PIPE1 + STONE] * * * ▪ Minnesota, United States city, seat of Pipestone county, southwestern Minnesota, U.S. It lies on the… … Universalium
Pipestone — Original name in latin Pipestone Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Chicago longitude 44.00053 latitude 96.31753 altitude 530 Population 4317 Date 2011 05 14 … Cities with a population over 1000 database
Pipestone — Sp Páipstounas Ap Pipestone L JAV apyg. ir jos c. (Minesota); Kanada: g tės (Alberta, Manitoba), u. (Manitoba, Ontarijas) … Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė
Pipestone National Monument — Steinbruch … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pipestone, Manitoba — Pipestone Manitoba is a small hamlet located at the corner of highways 2 and 83, approximately half an hour from either Virden, Manitoba, or Melita, Manitoba. Mainly an agricultural hub, the primary business is the small cattle market owned and… … Wikipedia
Pipestone River — is the name of several rivers in CanadaIn Alberta*Pipestone River (Alberta)In Ontario*Pipestone River (Kenora District, Ontario) in the Hudson Bay watershed *North Pipestone River (Ontario) in Kenora District, a tributary of the above *Pipestone… … Wikipedia
