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Wisconsin

Wisconsin

550 1.0
A state in the Midwestern United States known for many lakes and dairy farms
  • proper noun
  • /wɪsˈkɒnsɪn/
translation icon : Wisconsin
  • I didn't know they made wine in Wisconsin.
  • University of Wisconsin
  • Madison, Wisconsin
  • northern Wisconsin

What a beautiful day it is outside Wisconsin, right?

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Examples

  • Oh, people in Wisconsin take butter very seriously.

    First We Feast

  • Three of the study sites are located in Iowa, two in Wisconsin, and one in Minnesota.

    Academic text (1999)

  • You know, when we stopped, we were in Wisconsin, which, what a beautiful state.

    Theo Von

  • I had a shoot in Wisconsin for a client.

  • There is a website at the University of Wisconsin Extension.

  • University of Wisconsin, Class of '27.

    The Front Page (1974)

  • But her luck changed in 2003 when the Wisconsin Innocence Project took an interest in her case.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Hey, Theo, this is Neil in Wisconsin, just checking in.

  • One of the most important was his passage between rural Wisconsin and New York in 1901.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Many tourists visit Wisconsin to enjoy the beautiful lakes and parks.

Synonyms

WI
vsWisconsin
  • US
45 1.0

A state in the north-central United States named Wisconsin

is the full official name rather than the short written form
Badger State
vsWisconsin
5.6

A nickname for the United States state of Wisconsin

is the full formal name rather than a colloquial nickname

Compounds

University of Wisconsin
23 2.7

A large public school for higher learning in Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Wisconsin weeping willow
  • Specialized
7.7

A kind of willow tree that often grows upright rather than with hanging branches

Wisconsin River
3.3

A river in central Wisconsin that flows into the Mississippi River

Surface Forms

Wisconsin main

Etymology

Wisconsin comes from an old Native American word Meskonsing, which French explorers wrote as Ouisconsin, and it meant something like 'it lies red' or 'red stone' because of the red sand and rocks along the river. So the state was named after that river and its red banks.