Meanings
proper noun
- One of the Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. Hydrologically, a bay of Lake Michigan–Huron.
Origin
- OjibweMishigami“great lake”
- EnglishLake Michigan
Michigan, from Ojibwe Mishigami (“great lake”)/ᒥᔑᑲᒥ.
More words from Ojibwe
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Afrikaans Michiganmeer
- Michiganmeerone of the five Great Lakes
Arabic بُحَيْرَة مِيشِيغَان
- بُحَيْرَة مِيشِيغَانone of the five Great Lakes
Basque Michigan
- Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Bengali মিশিগান হ্রদ
- মিশিগান হ্রদ (miśigan hrod)one of the five Great Lakes
Bulgarian Мичиган
- Мичиган (Mičigan)one of the five Great Lakes
Catalan llac Michigan
- llac Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Chinese Cantonese 密歇根湖, 密芝根湖
- 密歇根湖 (mat⁶ hit³ gan¹ wu⁴)one of the five Great Lakes
- 密芝根湖 (mat⁶ zi¹ gan¹ wu⁴)one of the five Great Lakes
Chinese Mandarin 密歇根湖, 密西根湖
- 密歇根湖 (Mìxiēgēn Hú)one of the five Great Lakes
- 密西根湖 (Mìxīgēn Hú)one of the five Great Lakes
Czech Michiganské jezero
- Michiganské jezeroone of the five Great Lakes
Danish Lake Michigan
- Lake Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Dutch Michiganmeer
- Michiganmeerone of the five Great Lakes
Esperanto Lago Miĉigano
- Lago Miĉiganoone of the five Great Lakes
Estonian Michigani järv
- Michigani järvone of the five Great Lakes
Finnish Michiganjärvi
- Michiganjärvione of the five Great Lakes
French lac Michigan
- lac Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
German Michigansee, Michigan-See
- Michiganseeone of the five Great Lakes
- Michigan-Seeone of the five Great Lakes
Greek Λίμνη Μίσιγκαν
- Λίμνη Μίσιγκαν (Límni Mísigkan)one of the five Great Lakes
Hebrew ימת מישיגן
- ימת מישיגן (yamá míshigen)one of the five Great Lakes
Hindi मिशिगन झील
- मिशिगन झील (miśigan jhīl)one of the five Great Lakes
Hungarian Michigan-tó
- Michigan-tóone of the five Great Lakes
Indonesian Danau Michigan
- Danau Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Irish Loch Michigan
- Loch Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Italian lago Michigan
- lago Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Japanese ミシガン湖
- ミシガン湖 (Mishigan-ko)one of the five Great Lakes
Korean 미시간호
- 미시간호 (Misiganho)one of the five Great Lakes
Latvian Mičigans
- Mičigansone of the five Great Lakes
Lithuanian Mičigano ežeras
- Mičigano ežerasone of the five Great Lakes
Malay Tasik Michigan
- Tasik Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Norwegian Bokmål Michigansjøen
- Michigansjøenone of the five Great Lakes
Persian دریاچه میشیگان
- دریاچه میشیگان (daryâče-ye mišigân)one of the five Great Lakes
Polish Michigan
- Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Portuguese Lago Michigan
- Lago Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Punjabi ਮਿਸ਼ੀਗਨ ਝੀਲ
- ਮਿਸ਼ੀਗਨ ਝੀਲ (miśīgan jhīl)one of the five Great Lakes
Romanian Lacul Michigan
- Lacul Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Russian Мичига́н
- Мичига́н (Mičigán)one of the five Great Lakes
Slovak Michiganské jazero
- Michiganské jazeroone of the five Great Lakes
Spanish Lago Míchigan
- Lago Míchiganone of the five Great Lakes
Swedish Michigansjön
- Michigansjönone of the five Great Lakes
Tamil மிச்சிகன் ஏரி
- மிச்சிகன் ஏரி (miccikaṉ ēri)one of the five Great Lakes
Thai ทะเลสาบมิชิแกน
- ทะเลสาบมิชิแกน (tá-lee-sàap mí-chí-gɛɛn)one of the five Great Lakes
Turkish Michigan Gölü
- Michigan Gölüone of the five Great Lakes
Ukrainian Мічига́н
- Мічига́н (Mičyhán)one of the five Great Lakes
Vietnamese hồ Michigan
- hồ Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Welsh Llyn Michigan
- Llyn Michiganone of the five Great Lakes
Cite this entry
APA
Lake Michigan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lake%20Michigan
MLA
“Lake Michigan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lake%20Michigan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lake Michigan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lake%20Michigan.
Source: Lake Michigan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.