Michigan

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

//ˈmɪʃəɡɪn//
//ˈmɪʃɪɡən//

A state of the United States.

proper noun

1
A state of the United States.
On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday called for “action, not words” from Democrats, criticizing the approach of some in the progressive wing of the party.
And that history of persecution is newly relevant after the mass shooting and arson targeting an LDS church in Michigan last Sunday.
2
A large lake in the United States, between the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.
3
Other places in the United States: A township in Clinton County, Indiana.
4
Other places in the United States: A township in LaPorte County, Indiana, next to Lake Michigan.
5
Other places in the United States: A township in Scott County, Kansas.
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Other places in the United States: A township in Valley County, Nebraska.
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Other places in the United States: A ghost town in Fayette County, West Virginia.
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Variant of University of MichiganEllipsis of University of Michigan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe mishi-gami / ᒥᔑᑲᒥ (“giant lake”), referring to Lake Michigan.

noun

1
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.

Forms

plural: Michigans

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Michigan · A state of the United States.

Michiko · A female given name from Japanese.mick · An Irishman.Mick · A diminutive of the male given name Michael.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.