Michigan
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Map of US highlighting Michigan
See also: Míchigan
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ojibwe mishi-gami / ᒥᔑᑲᒥ (“giant lake”), referring to Lake Michigan.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Michigan
- A state of the United States.
- Lake Michigan.
- University of Michigan.
- Other places in the United States:
- A township in Clinton County, Indiana.
- A township in LaPorte County, Indiana, next to Lake Michigan.
- A township in Scott County, Kansas.
- A township in Valley County, Nebraska.
- A ghost town in Fayette County, West Virginia.
Derived terms
Translations
state of the United States
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Noun
Michigan (plural Michigans)
- (ice hockey) A deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net.
Translations
Further reading
Michigan on Wikiquote.Wikiquote 
Michigan on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage 
Category:Michigan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Michigan.
Proper noun
Michigan (genitive Michigans)
- Michigan (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Michigan
- Michigan (a state of the United States)
Declension
| Inflection of Michigan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Michigan | — | |
| genitive | Michiganin | — | |
| partitive | Michigania | — | |
| illative | Michiganiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Michigan | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Michigan | — |
| gen. | Michiganin | ||
| genitive | Michiganin | — | |
| partitive | Michigania | — | |
| inessive | Michiganissa | — | |
| elative | Michiganista | — | |
| illative | Michiganiin | — | |
| adessive | Michiganilla | — | |
| ablative | Michiganilta | — | |
| allative | Michiganille | — | |
| essive | Michiganina | — | |
| translative | Michiganiksi | — | |
| abessive | Michiganitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English Michigan.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Michigan m
- Michigan (a state of the United States)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Michigan.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Michigan m
- Michigan (a state of the United States)
References
- ^ Michigan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Michigan, from Ojibwe mishigami (“great lake”)/ᒥᔑᑲᒥ.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Michigan n (indeclinable)
- Michigan (a state of the United States)
- Michigan (a lake in the United States)
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- Michigan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Michigan m
- Michigan (a state of the United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Michigan m inan (genitive singular Michiganu, declension pattern of dub)
- Michigan (a state of the United States)
References
- “Michigan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024