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Milwaukee

American  
[mil-waw-kee] / mɪlˈwɔ ki /

noun

  1. a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.


Milwaukee British  
/ mɪlˈwɔːkiː /

noun

  1. a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan: the largest city in the state; established as a trading post in the 18th century; an important industrial centre. Pop: 586 941 (2003 est)

"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

Milwaukee Cultural  
  1. Largest city in Wisconsin.


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Known for its breweries.

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Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers has a fastball that averages 99.9 mph and has topped out at 103.6.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

His mother, whom J. Edgar Hoover would call “the most dangerous woman in America,” was born into a middle-class home and grew up in a suburb north of Milwaukee.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran one photo in 1949 and a second image was used in Gloria Steinem’s 1988 book, “Marilyn: Norma Jeane.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

One was published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Ahlhauser took the other six home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Standing where they could see her pregnant condition, she told them that she was alone with her three small children, and that my father was away, preaching, in Milwaukee.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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