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# michigan

«michigan» in Mova's school dictionary: **A state in the north of the United States, made of two…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

proper noun (Michigan)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A state in the north of the United States, made of two peninsulas and surrounded by the Great Lakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michigan/#m1)

2) (Lake Michigan) One of the five Great Lakes of North America, the only one completely inside the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michigan/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons: Michigan is famous for the Great Lakes, the city of Detroit and car making («Motor City»); its shape looks like a mitten. Lake Michigan touches the cities of Chicago and Milwaukee. Phrases: «Lake Michigan», «the state of Michigan».

### examples

- Michigan is shaped like a mitten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michigan/#x1)
- We went camping in Michigan last summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michigan/#x2)
- Detroit is the biggest city in Michigan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michigan/#x3)
- Lake Michigan is one of the Great Lakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michigan/#x4)
- Michigan has very cold winters with lots of snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michigan/#x5)
- My cousin lives in Michigan and goes ice fishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michigan/#x6)

### note

A name, always with a capital M. Pronounced MISH-i-gun (ch like sh). Short form MI. Lake Michigan is a freshwater lake, not a sea.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «michigan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michigan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.