Michigan

[ mish-i-guhn ]

noun
  1. a state in the northern central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviations: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.

  2. Lake Michigan, a lake in the northern central United States, between Wisconsin and Michigan: one of the five Great Lakes. 22,400 sq. mi. (58,015 sq. km).

  1. a card game of the stops family, for three to eight players.

Words Nearby Michigan

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Michigan in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for michigan (1 of 2)

michigan

/ (ˈmɪʃɪɡən) /


noun
  1. the US name for newmarket (def. 2)

British Dictionary definitions for Michigan (2 of 2)

Michigan

/ (ˈmɪʃɪɡən) /


noun
  1. a state of the N central US, occupying two peninsulas between Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, and Erie: generally low-lying. Capital: Lansing. Pop: 10 079 985 (2003 est). Area: 147 156 sq km (56 817 sq miles): Abbreviation: Mich, (with zip code) MI

  2. Lake Michigan a lake in the N central US between Wisconsin and Michigan: the third largest of the five Great Lakes and the only one wholly in the US; linked with Lake Huron by the Straits of Mackinac. Area: 58 000 sq km (22 400 sq miles)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Michigan

Michigan

State in the northern United States bordered on the north by Lake Superior; on the east by Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and Ontario, Canada; on the south by Ohio and Indiana; and on the west by Wisconsin and Lake Michigan. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.