Yooper

[ yoo-per ]

noun
  1. a native or inhabitant of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (used as a nickname): She can’t wait to get back to Marquette and hang out with her siblings and all the other Yoopers she grew up with.

Origin of Yooper

1
First recorded in 1970–75; phonetic respelling of the pronunciation of U.P. + -er1

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