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Noun: Michigan  mi-shu-gun
  1. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region, with capital Lansing
    - Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI, Mich.
     
  2. 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
    - Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops
     
  3. The 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders
    - Lake Michigan

Type of: American state, card game, cards, lake

Part of: America, Great Lakes, middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Michigan, North Dakota