a state in the northern central US, whose capital city is Saint Paul

In May the coldest state was Minnesota. 五月的时候天气最冷的州是明尼苏达州。

No ethnic group is so identified with a single state as the Swedes are with Minnesota. 没有其他族裔像明尼苏达州的瑞典移民那样和这个州的文化身份联系得如此紧密。