Meanings
- An island in Michigan, United States.
Put your hiking boots on before you take the 20-minute ferry ride to quaint Mackinac Island.
2024 May 8, “From urban streets to shoreline retreats – meet the real Michigan”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Dec 20252 more examples
Check out the flower power on Mackinac Island in June when the island lights up with millions of lilac blooms.
2015 April 3, Rosemary McClure, “Michigan: Flower power at Mackinac Island's Lilac Festival”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2015Mr. Pence, the first sitting vice president to visit Mackinac Island, is apparently also the first government official to break with the island’s carless tradition.
2019 September 22, Vanessa Swales, “A Motorcade on Mackinac Island? Pence’s Visit Breaks a Long Tradition”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2019
Origin
- OjibweMishimikinaak
- EnglishMackinac Island
Clipping of French Michilimackinac, from Ojibwe Mishimikinaak (literally “big turtle”), after its shape, + island.
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