Wisconsin

[ wis-kon-suhn ]

noun

1. a state in the northern central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,154 sq. mi. (145,440 sq. km). : Madison. : WI (for use with zip code), Wis., Wisc.
2. a river flowing southwest from northern Wisconsin to the Mississippi. 430 miles (690 km) long.
3. the fourth stage of the glaciation of North America during the Pleistocene. Compare Würm ( def ).

Wisconsin

/ wɪsˈkɒnsɪn /

noun

1. a state of the N central US, on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan: consists of an undulating plain, with uplands in the north and west; over 168 m (550 ft) above sea level along the shore of Lake Michigan. Capital: Madison. Pop: 5 472 299 (2003 est). Area: 141 061 sq km (54 464 sq miles) AbbreviationWis.Wiswith zip codeWI
2. a river in central and SW Wisconsin, flowing south and west to the Mississippi. Length: 692 km (430 miles)

Wisconsin

1. State in the north-central United States bordered by Lake Superior and the state of Michigan to the north, Lake Michigan to the east, Illinois to the south, and Iowa and Minnesota to the west. Its capital is Madison , and its largest city is Milwaukee .

Notes

Known for its dairy products, especially cheese.

Other Words From

• Wis·consin·ite noun

Example Sentences

This week Delaware, Illinois, Wisconsin, South Carolina, and North Dakota got approval to send out the $300 per week enhanced unemployment benefit.

From Fortune

In 2018, Common Ground was the only health plan in seven northeastern Wisconsin counties, she said.

From Fortune

With ongoing unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after yet another case of racialized police violence, we’re sure to see more corporate statements regarding racial justice.

From MIT Technology Review

In the video, the host of a local independent news radio program surveys the late-night shadows of a Kenosha, Wisconsin, car lot.

From FiveThirtyEight

Elizabeth Reid, vice president of engineering, GoogleI grew up in northern Wisconsin, and this was the first “real book” my father read aloud to me.

From Fortune

Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.

From The Daily Beast

It’s cool because Trenchmouth opened for Green Day in the early ‘90s in Wisconsin.

From The Daily Beast

Now Wisconsin is considering making it mandatory for parents who adopt overseas to have their children “re-adopted” in the state.

From The Daily Beast

That action ignited protests that rocked Wisconsin and spurred a recall—only the second recall of a governor in U.S. history.

From The Daily Beast

Case in point: when Loertscher was brought to court in Wisconsin, her 14-week-old fetus was granted a lawyer, but she was not.

From The Daily Beast

I will give a stone from either Wisconsin, Illinois, or Colorado for one from any other locality.

From Project Gutenberg

By David's invitation the Wisconsin boys slept that night on the bedstead in the tent.

From Project Gutenberg

Most of them were from the North, Vermont and Wisconsin leading.

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But in spite of the command, The legislature shall pass laws for these courts, no such law was ever passed in Wisconsin.

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In 1867 the Wisconsin legislature suggested a committee who should report upon the destruction of Wisconsin's forests.

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