Michigan

[mish-i-guhn]

noun

1. a state in the northern central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Lansing. MI (for use with zip code), Mich.

2. Lake Michigan, a lake in the northern central United States, between Wisconsin and Michigan: one of the five Great Lakes. 22,400 sq. mi. (58,015 sq. km).

3. a card game of the stops family, for three to eight players.

michigan

¹

/ ˈmɪʃɪɡən /

noun

1. the US name for newmarket

Michigan

²

/ ˈmɪʃɪɡən /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Mich.  MI. a state of the N central US, occupying two peninsulas between Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, and Erie: generally low-lying. Capital: Lansing. Pop: 10 079 985 (2003 est). Area: 147 156 sq km (56 817 sq miles)

2. a lake in the N central US between Wisconsin and Michigan: the third largest of the five Great Lakes and the only one wholly in the US; linked with Lake Huron by the Straits of Mackinac. Area: 58 000 sq km (22 400 sq miles)

Michigan

1. State in the northern United States bordered on the north by Lake Superior; on the east by Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and Ontario, Canada; on the south by Ohio and Indiana; and on the west by Wisconsin and Lake Michigan. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit.

Example Sentences

Justice Democrats, the PAC that helped elect Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and other members of the “Squad,” has picked a new target.

From Salon

The group previously endorsed state Rep. Donavan McKinney in Michigan’s 13th district, where he will run against incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar, a Democrat who has also accepted campaign funds from the pro-Israel lobby.

From Salon

The extent to which her position on the conflict cost her the election is difficult to quantify, but it certainly cost her important votes in Michigan and took up oxygen during her campaign.

From Salon

Reid understands, and he loves the fact that before bringing Woodhouse with him from the University of Michigan, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh called his Kansas City counterpart and asked him if that would be OK.

From Los Angeles Times

Woodhouse feels the same way about Harbaugh, for whom he and Herbert worked at the University of Michigan.

From Los Angeles Times