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Mad·i·son

   [mad-uh-suhn]
noun
1.
Dol·ly or Dol·ley  [dol-ee] , (Dorothea Payne), 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
2.
James, 1751–1836, 4th president of the U.S. 1809–17.
3.
a city in and the capital of Wisconsin, in the S part. 170,616.
4.
a city in NE New Jersey. 15,357.
5.
a town in S Connecticut. 14,031.
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6.
a city in SE Indiana. 12,472.
7.
a river in SW Montana and NW Wyoming, flowing N to join the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers and form the Missouri River. 183 miles (294 km) long.
8.
a dance in which the participants stand side by side in a line while one person, acting as leader, calls out various steps, each letter of the word “Madison” signaling a specific step.
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Wis·con·sin

   [wis-kon-suhn]
noun
1.
a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 4,705,335; 56,154 sq. mi. (145,440 sq. km). Capital: Madison. Abbreviation: WI (for use with zip code), Wis., Wisc.
2.
a river flowing SW from N Wisconsin to the Mississippi. 430 miles (690 km) long.
3.
the fourth stage of the glaciation of North America during the Pleistocene.
Compare Würm.

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Wis·con·sin·ite, noun
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madison (ˈmædɪsən)
 
—n
a type of cycle relay race
 
[C20: from Madison Square Gardens in New York City, early venue for such races]

Madison1 (ˈmædɪsən)
 
—n
a city in the US, in S central Wisconsin, on an isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona: the state capital. Pop: 218 432 (2003 est)

Madison2 (ˈmædɪsən)
 
—n
James. 1751--1836, US statesman; 4th president of the US (1809--17). He helped to draft the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. His presidency was dominated by the War of 1812

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Madison
popular dance of the 1950s, of unknown origin.
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Madison definition


Capital of Wisconsin.

Note: Location of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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