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Michigan (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 44 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 085 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -85.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by Ojibwa, Ottawa, Potawatomi and others when French arrived in 18th cen.; taken by England in 1760s, by USA in Revolution and again in War of 1812; most Amerindians were forced west in 19th cen.; pro-Union in Civil War, noted for African regiment. |
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| Michigan (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | derived from Amerindian word for "big lake," area was named after tribe known by this name |
| Michigan (Spanish)
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| Michigan (French)
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| MI (C,V,USPS)
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| מישיגן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| מישיגן (Yiddish)
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| Mėčėgans (C,U,Samogitian)
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| Me̍t-hiet-kîn (C,U,Chinese, Hakka)
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| Míchigan (C,U,Galician)
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| Míchigan (Spanish)
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| Michigàn (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Mich·igan (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Michigania (C,U,Latin)
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| Michigan Shitati (C,U,Uyghur)
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| Michigan suyu (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Michigan suyu (Ayamará)
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| Michigão (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Mičigana (C,U,Latvian)
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| Mičiganas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Miĉigano (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Micigen (C,U)
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| Miçiqan (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Mikikana (C,U,Hawaiian)
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| Míshigin Hahoodzo (C,U,Navajo)
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| Misigan (C,U,Tagalog)
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| State of Michigan (C,U)
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| Wolverine State (C,U,English)
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| ሚሺጋን (C,U,Amharic)
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| ミシガン州 (C,U,Japanese)
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| รัฐมิชิแกน (C,U,Thai)
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| ميشيجان (C,U,Arabic, Egyptian)
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| Μίσιγκαν (C,U,Greek)
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| Мичиган (C,U,Tatar)
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| Мичиган (Russian)
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| Мичиган (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Мичиган (Yakut)
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| Мичиган (Bulgarian)
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| Мичиган (Russia Buriat)
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| Мичиган (Western Mari)
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| Мичиган (Kazakh)
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| Мичиган (Mongolian)
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| Мичиган (Chechen)
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| Мичиган (Chuvash)
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| മിഷിഗൺ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| میشیگان (C,U,Northern Luri)
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| میشیگان (Central Kurdish)
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| میشیگان (Persian-Farsi)
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| میشیگان (Mazanderani)
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| 密芝根州 (C,U,Chinese, Yue)
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| मिशिगन (C,U,Marathi)
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| मिशिगन (Sanskrit)
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| मिशिगन (Hindi)
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| मिशिगन (Newari)
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| Мичиигн (C,U,Kalmyk)
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| میشیگان ایالتی (C,U,Azerbaijani, South)
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| মিশিগান (C,U,Bengali)
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| মিশিগান (Bishnupriya Manipuri)
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| ܡܫܝܓܢ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| မီချီဂန်ပြည်နယ် (C,U,Burmese)
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| Мічиган (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Мичиген (C,U,Serbian)
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| Мичиген (Macedonian)
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| மிச்சிகன் (C,U,Tamil)
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| مشی گن (C,U,Urdu)
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| مشیگن (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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| मिचिगन (C,U,Nepali)
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| მიჩიგანის შტატი (C,U,Georgian)
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| 미시간 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| मिसिगन (C,U,Pali)
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| ميشيغان (C,U,Arabic)
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| Штат Мічыган (C,U,Belarusian)
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| మిషిగన్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| 密歇根州 (C,U,Chinese)
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| མི་ཅི་གྷན། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| Միչիգան (C,U,Armenian)
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| ਮਿਸ਼ੀਗਨ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since January 26, 1837 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Lansing .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Michigan, Ingham county) [2052433] |
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