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Wisconsin
[wis-kon-suhn]
noun
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.
a river flowing southwest from northern Wisconsin to the Mississippi. 430 miles (690 km) long.
the fourth stage of the glaciation of North America during the Pleistocene.
Wisconsin
/ wɪsˈkɒnsɪn /
noun
Abbreviation: Wis.. Wis. WI. 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)
a river in central and SW Wisconsin, flowing south and west to the Mississippi. Length: 692 km (430 miles)
Wisconsin
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.
Other Word Forms
- Wisconsinite noun
Example Sentences
Cynthia Rehberg, an associate principal from a Wisconsin elementary school, found her staff photo had been inaccurately posted on X along with a social-media post celebrating Kirk’s death.
I may as well have picked the Wisconsin Badgers.
As the Edmund Fitzgerald loaded its cargo hold on a Sunday afternoon in the fall, the Wisconsin shore of Lake Superior was unseasonably warm.
In Wisconsin, one of four states in the geological region, “the Driftless” has become a cultural term that means off-grid, avant-garde and artisanal.
These obsessions are not uncommon, said Paul Robbins, dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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