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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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