wisconsin

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A river flowing 430 miles from Wisconsin to the Mississippi River

A state of the United States of America. Capital: Madison

{i} state in the north central United States

WI a state in the north central US, to the west of Lake Michigan. It is an important area for producing milk, cheese, and butter. State (pop., 2000: 5,363,675), northern Midwest, U.S. It covers an area of 56,153 sq mi (145,436 sq km), including part of Lake Michigan; its capital is Madison. Wisconsin is bordered by the western portion of Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the north; Lake Michigan to the east; Illinois to the south; and Minnesota and Iowa to the west and southwest, with the upper Mississippi River acting as border between these states and Wisconsin. With many unique landforms, including the Door Peninsula between Lake Michigan and Green Bay, its northern area has one of the greatest concentrations of lakes in the world. The Wisconsin River crosses the state. Forests cover about 45% of it. Originally inhabited by the Adena, or Mound Builders, the region was home to several different Indian tribes, including the Ojibwa, Menominee, and Winnebago, when Europeans arrived. The French explorer Jean Nicolet visited Wisconsin in 1634; the first permanent European settlement was established in 1717. The area remained under French control until 1763, when France ceded it to Great Britain after the French and Indian War. After the American Revolution the region was ceded to the U.S. The American settlers dispossessed the Indians of their land (see Black Hawk) and settled the region. It became the Wisconsin Territory in 1836. It was admitted to the Union as the 30th state in 1848. The Progressive movement (see Progressive Party) began in Wisconsin 1900, resulting in the passage of legislation that made the state a leader in social reform. It is a major milk, butter, and cheese producer in the U.S. Tourism and recreation also are economically important. Wisconsin ports handle much of the Great Lakes domestic freight shipping

A Capital: Madison

a midwestern state in north central United States

a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin

a midwestern state in north central United States a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin

Relevante Übersetzungen

Wisconsin River

A river of central and southwest Wisconsin flowing about 692 km (430 mi) south and west to the Mississippi River. River, central and southwestern Wisconsin, U.S. It rises near the Wisconsin-Michigan border and flows south through central Wisconsin, then turns west and enters the Mississippi River after a course of 430 mi (690 km). It is navigable for small craft for about 200 mi (320 km) from its mouth. Lake Wisconsin is formed by a hydroelectric dam on the river near Prairie du Sac

wisconsin weeping willow

hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit

University of Wisconsin

university located Madison (Wisconsin, USA)

university of wisconsin

a university in Madison, Wisconsin

Silbentrennung

Wis·con·sin

Türkische aussprache

wîskänsın

Aussprache

/wəsˈkänsən/ /wɪsˈkɑːnsən/

Etymologie

() The word Wisconsin has its origins in the name given to the Wisconsin River by one of the Algonquian speaking American Indian groups living in the region at the time of European contact, probably the Miami word meskonsing (“it lies red”), later corrupted to Ouisconsin by French explorers; compare Ojibwe misko- (“red”) -osin (“to lie”) and -ing (“locative suffix”).

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