Michigan

American  

[mish-i-guhn] / ˈmɪʃ ɪ gən /

noun

1. a state in the northern central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Lansing. 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).

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

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michigan ¹ British  

/ ˈmɪʃɪɡən /

noun

1. the US name for newmarket

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Michigan ² British  

/ ˈmɪʃɪɡən /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Mich.   MI.  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)

2. 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)

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Michigan Cultural  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

Michigan State did not immediately respond to questions from The Times as to whether there would be any further repercussions for Davis following the incident.

From Los Angeles Times

Jayawardhana, who has also held positions at the University of Toronto, University of Michigan and UC Berkeley, has a PhD in astronomy from Harvard University and completed his undergraduate studies at Yale.

From Los Angeles Times

AI startup Learned Hand, whose product is designed specifically for judges, has active pilots in 10 states, mostly involving state courts including the Michigan Supreme Court, as well as one federal court.

From The Wall Street Journal

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have built the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever created.

From Science Daily

As we gear up for the mega-election here in Michigan — the governorship, the secretary of state, every statehouse seat, an open U.S.

From Salon