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WI

WI

45 1.0
A state in the north-central United States named Wisconsin
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : Wisconsin (estado)
  • You forgot your meeting with the WI.
  • Milwaukee, WI
  • Madison, WI
  • Wisconsin, WI

Examples

  • This story out of Kenosha, WI is, is so upsetting.

  • Francis, Charles A. 2009. Organic Farming: The Ecological System. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy, 2009.

    Academic text (2012)

  • I am in Green Bay, WI at in my office.

  • Red Rock, WI could see that being a movie name.

  • I only joined the WI to make my mother happy.

    Calendar Girls (2003)

  • Manufactured by Spancrete Industries, Inc., Waukesha, WI, the 5-ton panels were easily lowered into place.

    Academic text (1996)

  • A RAM-resident program (1-Finger(*), Trace Center, Madison, WI) provided an inexpensive solution to both these problems.

    Academic text (1992)

  • See Edwin F. Bayley, Joe McCarthy and the Press (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1981).

    Academic text (1993)

  • Benton-Banai, Edward. 1988. The Mishomis Book: The Voice of the Ojibway. Hayward, WI: Indian Country Communications and Red School House Press.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The University of Wisconsin is located in Madison, WI.

Synonyms

Wisconsin
vsWI
550 1.0

A state in the Midwestern United States known for many lakes and dairy farms

is the abbreviated form used instead of the full state name
Badger State
vsWI
5.6

A nickname for the United States state of Wisconsin

is the abbreviated form used in writing rather than the informal nickname

Surface Forms

WI singular

Etymology

WI is the U.S. postal abbreviation for Wisconsin, a 'state' in the United States, so you will see it on maps, mail, and signs as a short code for that place. The name Wisconsin comes from an old Native American word for the 'river' there, so WI points to that land by the river.