Michigan

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/ˈmɪʃəɡɪn//ˈmɪʃɪɡən/

proper noun

A state of the United States.

Very commonScrabble 16

Meanings

proper noun

alternative abbreviation MI · alternative abbreviation M

  1. A state of the United States.

    And that history of persecution is newly relevant after the mass shooting and arson targeting an LDS church in Michigan last Sunday.

    2025 October 5, Eric Levenson, “Attack on LDS Church harkens back to its early history of religious persecution”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2025
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    On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.

    2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2024

    Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday called for “action, not words” from Democrats, criticizing the approach of some in the progressive wing of the party.

    2025 March 19, Alison Main, “Michigan Democrat says she ‘can’t just be an activist’ and calls on party to act”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2025
  2. A large lake in the United States, between the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.
  3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of University of Michigan.

    Synonyms: U-M, UM, UMich

  4. Other places in the United States:
    1. A township in LaPorte County, Indiana, next to Lake Michigan.
nounMichigan (plural Michigans)

plural Michigans · alternative abbreviation MI · alternative abbreviation M

  1. hobbiesA deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounEllipsis of University of Michigan.

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ojibwemishi-gami
  2. EnglishMichigan

Borrowed from Ojibwe mishi-gami / ᒥᔑᑲᒥ (“giant lake”), referring to Lake Michigan.

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Translations

Arabic مِيشِيغَان
  • مِيشِيغَان (mišiḡān)state of the United States
Chinese Mandarin 密歇根, 密執安 /密执安
  • 密歇根 (Mìxiēgēn)state of the United States
  • 密執安 /密执安 (Mìzhí'ān)state of the United States
Czech Michigan
  • Michiganstate of the United States
Danish Michigan
  • Michiganstate of the United States
Dutch Michigan
  • Michiganstate of the United States
Esperanto Miĉigano
  • Miĉiganostate of the United States
Finnish Michigan, ilmaveivi
  • Michiganstate of the United States
  • ilmaveivideke
French Michigan
  • Michiganstate of the United States
German Michigan
  • Michiganstate of the United States
Greek Μίσιγκαν
  • Μίσιγκαν (Mísigkan)state of the United States
Hebrew מישיגן
  • מישיגן (míshigen)state of the United States
Hindi मिशिगन
  • मिशिगन (miśigan)state of the United States
Italian Michigan, Micigan
  • Michiganstate of the United States
  • Miciganstate of the United States
Japanese ミシガン
  • ミシガン (Mishigan)state of the United States
Korean 미시간
  • 미시간 (Misigan)state of the United States
Latin Michigania
  • Michiganiastate of the United States
Latvian Mičigana
  • Mičiganastate of the United States
Lithuanian Mičiganas
  • Mičiganasstate of the United States
Māori Mehekina
  • Mehekinastate of the United States
Persian میشیگان
  • میشیگان (mišigân)state of the United States
Polish Michigan, unik
  • Michiganstate of the United States
  • unikdeke
  • zwóddeke
Portuguese Michigan
  • Michiganstate of the United States
Russian Мичига́н
  • Мичига́н (Mičigán)state of the United States
Slovak Michigan
  • Michiganstate of the United States
Spanish Míchigan
  • Míchiganstate of the United States
Swedish zorrofint
  • zorrofintdeke
Tamil மிச்சிகன்
  • மிச்சிகன் (miccikaṉ)state of the United States
Thai มิชิแกน
  • มิชิแกน (mí-chí-gɛɛn)state of the United States
Turkish Michigan, Mişigan
  • Michiganstate of the United States
  • Mişiganstate of the United States
Ukrainian Мічига́н, Мічиґа́н
  • Мічига́н (Mičyhán)state of the United States
  • Мічиґа́н (Mičygán)state of the United States
Urdu مشی گن
  • مشی گن (miśīgan)state of the United States
Yiddish מישיגאַן
  • מישיגאַן (mishigan)state of the United States
Cite this entry
APA

Michigan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Michigan

MLA

“Michigan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Michigan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Michigan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Michigan.

Source: Michigan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.