name
Meaning 1
A state of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Michigan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmɪʃəɡɪn/
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/ˈmɪʃɪɡən/
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CMU ARPABET: M IH1 SH IH0 G AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A large lake in the United States, between the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
Ellipsis of University of Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: U-M, UM, UMich
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
Other places in the United States:
A township in Clinton County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 5
Other places in the United States:
A township in LaPorte County, Indiana, next to Lake Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 6
Other places in the United States:
A township in Scott County, Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 7
Other places in the United States:
A township in Valley County, Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 8
Other places in the United States:
A ghost town in Fayette County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 9
A deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: card game, cards
noun
Meaning 11
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: American state
noun
Meaning 12
the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Lake Michigan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lake
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ojibwe mishi-gami / ᒥᔑᑲᒥ (“giant lake”), referring to Lake Michigan.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Amharic: ምሽገን (məšgän) — state of the United States
- Arabic: مِيشِيغَان (mišiḡān) — state of the United States
- Arabic: ميشيجان (mišigān) — state of the United States
- Armenian: Միչիգան (Mičʻigan) — state of the United States
- Cherokee: ᎻᏏᎦᏂ (misigani) — state of the United States
- Chinese Mandarin: 密歇根 (Mìxiēgēn) — state of the United States
- Chinese Mandarin: 密執安 /密执安 (Mìzhí'ān) — state of the United States
- Corsican: Michigan — state of the United States
- Czech: Michigan — state of the United States
- Danish: Michigan — state of the United States
- Dutch: Michigan — state of the United States
- Esperanto: Miĉigano — state of the United States
- Finnish: Michigan — state of the United States
- French: Michigan — state of the United States
- Galician: Míchigan — state of the United States
- Georgian: მიჩიგანი (mičigani) — state of the United States
- German: Michigan — state of the United States
- Greek: Μίσιγκαν (Mísigkan) — state of the United States
- Hebrew: מישיגן (míshigen) — state of the United States
- Hindi: मिशिगन (miśigan) — state of the United States
- Italian: Michigan — state of the United States
- Italian: Micigan — state of the United States
- Japanese: ミシガン (Mishigan) — state of the United States
- Khmer: មីឈីហ្គេន (miichiigein) — state of the United States
- Korean: 미시간 (Misigan) — state of the United States
- Lao: ມິຊິແກນ (mi si kǣn) — state of the United States
- Latin: Michigania — state of the United States
- Latvian: Mičigana — state of the United States
- Lithuanian: Mičiganas — state of the United States
- Macedonian: Мичиген (Mičigen) — state of the United States
- Malayalam: മിഷിഗൺ (miṣigaṇ) — state of the United States
- Māori: Mehekina — state of the United States
- Navajo: Míshigin hahoodzo — state of the United States
- Ojibwe: Mishigamiing — state of the United States
- Ottawa: Mshigamiing — state of the United States
- Persian: میشیگان (mišigân) — state of the United States
- Polish: Michigan — state of the United States
- Portuguese: Michigan — state of the United States
- Russian: Мичига́н (Mičigán) — state of the United States
- Samogitian: Mėčėgans — state of the United States
- Slovak: Michigan — state of the United States
- Spanish: Míchigan — state of the United States
- Tamil: மிச்சிகன் (miccikaṉ) — state of the United States
- Thai: มิชิแกน (mí-chí-gɛɛn) — state of the United States
- Turkish: Michigan — state of the United States
- Turkish: Mişigan — state of the United States
- Ukrainian: Мічига́н (Mičyhán) — state of the United States
- Ukrainian: Мічиґа́н (Mičygán) — state of the United States
- Urdu: مشی گن (miśīgan) — state of the United States
- Uyghur: مىچىگان (michigan) — state of the United States
- Yiddish: מישיגאַן (mishigan) — state of the United States
- Finnish: ilmaveivi — deke
- Polish: unik — deke
- Polish: zwód — deke
- Swedish: zorrofint — deke
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