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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.
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 mi. (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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Madison River  
A river of southwest Montana flowing about 294 km (183 mi) generally northward to join the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers and form the Missouri River.
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Madison

Capital of Wisconsin.

Note: Location of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin.
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