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)
Abbreviation: Wis., Wis, (with zip code) WIa river in central and SW Wisconsin, flowing south and west to the Mississippi. Length: 692 km (430 miles)
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Wis•con•sin
(wis kon′sən),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 4,705,335;
56,154 sq. mi. (145,440 sq. km). Cap.: Madison. Abbr.: WI (for use with zip code), Wis., Wisc. - Place Namesa river flowing SW from N Wisconsin to the Mississippi. 430 mi. (690 km) long.
- Geologythe fourth stage of the glaciation of North America during the Pleistocene. Cf. Würm.
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- Beloit
- Black Hawk War
- Brookfield
- Brown Deer
- Chippewa Falls
- Conservative Baptist
- Cudahy
- Dakota
- De Pere
- Eau Claire
- Fond du Lac
- Germantown
- Glendale
- Green Bay
- Greendale
- Greenfield
- Janesville
- Kaukauna
- Kenosha
- La Crosse
- Madison
- Manitowoc
- Marinette
- Marshfield
- Menasha
- Mendota
- Menominee
- Menomonee Falls
- Menomonie
- Mequon
- Michigan
- Middleton
- Milwaukee
- Monroe
- Muskego
- Neenah
- New Berlin
- Northwest Territory
- Oak Creek
- Old Northwest
- Oshkosh
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- Winnebago
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- Wisconsinite
- badger