Michigan
pronunciation
How to pronounce Michigan in British English:
UK ['miʃigən]
How to pronounce Michigan in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
- the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest fresh-water lake entirely within the United States borders
- 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
Word Origin
- Michigan
- name originally applied to the lake, perhaps from Old Ojibwa (Algonquian) *meshi-gami "big lake." The spelling is French. Organized as a U.S. territory 1805, admitted as a state 1837. A resident might be a Michigander (1848) or a Michiganian (1813).
Example
- 1. After the news of his resignation broke he took his family to upstate michigan for vacation .
- 2. But the simple fact is that michigan is broke .
- 3. The university of michigan study found that this led to a person thinking the experience would end happily .
- 4. The situation in michigan is even worse .
- 5. Attempts to reinvent michigan have moved fitfully .