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noun
1.
a state in the N central United States. 9,258,344; 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
2.
Lake, 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).
3.
a card game of the stops family, for three to eight players.
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Word Origin & History
Michigan
name originally applied to the lake, perhaps from Old Ojibwa (Algonquian) *meshi-gami "big lake."
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Cultural Dictionary
Michigan definition
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.
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