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EDINA (ee-DYE-nuh)

A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota
Common clues:
Minneapolis suburb; Twin Cities suburb; Minnesota city
Crossword puzzle frequency: 2 times a year
Frequency in English language: 86508 / 86800
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Welcome to Edina


Edina is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and a first-ring suburb situated immediately southwest of Minneapolis. Edina began as a small farming and milling community in the 1860s. The population was 47,425 at the 2000 census.




Edina began as part of Richfield Township, Minnesota. In the 1850s, 17 families, most of them immigrating as a result of the potato famine in Ireland, came to Minnesota and claimed land in the southwest section of what was then Richfield Township. They were followed by English and Scottish farmers, who claimed additional land near Minnehaha Creek. The Baird and Grimes and Country Club Districts (both which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places), are located in the northeast part of Edina and were among the first areas to be established.


In 1888, the residents of the township held a meeting to consider founding a new village, thus separating themselves from Richfield Township. The idea was favorably accepted by those within the community and a committee was established to oversee the transition.


Today, many of the street names in Edina are named after families whose farms once occupied that area, for example: Grimes Avenue, Code Avenue, Gleason (Gleeson) Road, Cooper Avenue and Wyman Avenue.


Edina has a reputation for being one of the most affluent suburbs of Minneapolis.[4] Edina citizens are considered wealthy (e.g. median household income for 1999 in Edina was $66,019,[5] compared to $37,974 for Minneapolis and $47,111 for the state of Minnesota),[6] which led to the once derogatory term of "cake eaters" (a reference to the "Let them eat cake" quote misattributed to Marie Antoinette). The term is now largely used in jest in regional sports rivalries. Such usage can be seen, for example, in the Disney film, The Mighty Ducks, in which the term is used in reference to the Adam Banks character. Up until the 1960s, the name "cake eater" had been attributed to the Washburn (Minneapolis) Millers, a high school located in a prosperous neighborhood of nearby Minneapolis. Additionally, popular culture in Minnesota references that Edina is an acronym for the phrase "Every Day I Need Attention" once again referencing the stereotypical Edina resident as somewhat wealthy and aloof.


Edina is home to some billionaires, most notably Richard M. Schulze and the late Carl Pohlad.




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