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)
Abbreviation: Mich, (with zip code) MI- Lake Michigan ⇒
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)
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Mich•i•gan
(mish′i gən),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa state in the N central United States. 9,258,344;
58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Cap.: Lansing. Abbr.: MI (for use with zip code), Mich. - Place NamesLake, a lake in the N central U.S., between Wisconsin and Michigan: one of the five Great Lakes. 22,400 sq. mi. (58,015 sq. km).
- Gamesa card game of the stops family, for three to eight players.
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'Michigan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Adrian
- Albion
- Algonquian
- Allen Park
- Alpena
- Ann Arbor
- Battle Creek
- Bay City
- Benton Harbor
- Berkley
- Beverly Hills
- Big Rapids
- Birmingham
- Cadillac
- Chicago
- Clawson
- Dearborn
- Dearborn Heights
- Detroit
- East Chicago
- East Detroit
- East Grand Rapids
- East Lansing
- Ecorse
- Escanaba
- Evanston
- Farmington
- Farmington Hills
- Ferndale
- Flint
- Fort Sheridan
- Fraser
- Gary
- Gold Coast
- Grand Haven
- Grand Rapids
- Grand River
- Grandville
- Great Lakes
- Green Bay
- Grosse Pointe Farms
- Grosse Pointe Park
- Grosse Pointe Woods
- Hamtramck
- Harper Woods
- Hazel Park
- Kalamazoo
- Lansing
- Livonia
- MI