michigan

Noun
  1. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region (synset 109122118)
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    has:
    • mackinac bridge - a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan
    • isle royal national park - a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines
    • 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 Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
    • upper peninsula - the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan
    is a part of:
    same as: great lakes state, mi, mich., wolverine state
  2. The 3rd largest of the Great Lakes;
    The largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders (synset 109354956)
    is an instance of: lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
    is a part of: great lakes - a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America
    same as: lake michigan
  3. 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 (synset 100494319)
    is a type of: card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
    same as: boodle, chicago, newmarket, stops

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