Michigan

Mich·i·gan  (msh-gn) Abbr. MI or Mich.

A state of the north-central United States. It was admitted as the 26th state in 1837. French explorers first visited the area in 1618, and the French retained nominal control until the end of the French and Indian Wars (1763), when the region passed to Great Britain. It was ceded to the United States in 1783, although the British held some areas until 1796. The Michigan Territory was organized in 1805 with Detroit as its capital. Lansing is the state capital (since 1847) and Detroit the largest city. Population: 10,100,000.

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Michi·gander (-gndr) adj. & n.

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Michigan, Lake

The third largest of the Great Lakes, between Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the only one of the lakes entirely within the United States. Lake Michigan is connected with the Mississippi River by the Illinois Waterway and with Lake Huron through the Straits of Mackinac. The St. Lawrence Seaway links it with the Atlantic Ocean.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Michigan - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region Great Lakes State, Wolverine State, MI Mackinac Bridge - a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) Isle Royal National Park - a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Alpena - a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron Ann Arbor - a city in southern Michigan near Detroit; site of the University of Michigan Detroit, Motor City, Motown - the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor Flint - a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing Grand Rapids - a city in west central Michigan; noted for manufacturing furniture Houghton - a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula Jackson - a town in south central Michigan capital of Michigan, Lansing - capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River Marquette - a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan Monroe - a town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie Traverse City - a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Michigan Detroit River - a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world Grand River - a river in southern Michigan that flows northwest to empty into Lake Michigan Lake Saint Clair, Lake St. Clair - a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie Lower Peninsula - the part of northern Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron Upper Peninsula - the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan
	2.	Michigan - the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders Lake Michigan Great Lakes - a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America
	3.	Michigan - a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card stops, boodle, Chicago, Newmarket card game, cards - a game played with playing cards