Upper Peninsula

American  

noun

1. the peninsula between lakes Superior and Michigan constituting the N part of Michigan. U.P.

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Upper Peninsula British  

noun

1. a peninsula in the northern US between Lakes Superior and Michigan, constituting the N part of the state of Michigan

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Example Sentences

He grew up on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, near the Wisconsin border, and has family near Green Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m not talking about a motel in the boonies of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or a drafty log cabin on a lake in Maine or Minnesota.

From Salon

Gray wolves are currently confined “almost exclusively” to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the DNR said.

From Seattle Times

Up to two feet of snow is expected in parts of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by the end of the day.

From New York Times

Pietila moved to the Lansing area from the Upper Peninsula when he was 16 years old.

From Seattle Times