Lake Michigan

English

Map of the Great Lakes, with Lake Michigan highlighted in darker blue.

Etymology

Michigan, from Ojibwe Mishigami (“great lake”)/ᒥᔑᑲᒥ.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Lake Michigan

2. One of the Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. Hydrologically, a bay of Lake Michigan–Huron.

Translations

one of the five Great Lakes

• Afrikaans: Michiganmeer
• Albanian: Liqeni Michigan
• Arabic: بُحَيْرَة مِيشِيغَان f (buḥayra(t) mīšīḡān)
• Armenian: Միչիգան լիճ (Mičʻigan lič)
• Azerbaijani: Miçiqan gölü
• Basque: Michigan
• Belarusian: Мічыган m (Mičyhan)
• Bengali: মিশিগান হ্রদ (miśigan hrod)
• Breton: Lenn Michigan m
• Bulgarian: Мичиган m (Mičigan)
• Burmese: မီချီဂန်ကန် (mihkyigankan)
• Catalan: llac Michigan m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 密歇根湖 (mat⁶ hit³ gan¹ wu⁴), 密芝根湖 (mat⁶ zi¹ gan¹ wu⁴)

  Mandarin: 密歇根湖 (zh) m (Mìxiēgēn Hú), 密西根湖 (Mìxīgēn Hú)

• Czech: Michiganské jezero n
• Danish: Lake Michigan (da) c
• Dutch: Michiganmeer n
• Esperanto: Lago Miĉigano
• Estonian: Michigani järv
• Finnish: Michiganjärvi
• French: lac Michigan (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Michiganmar

• Galician: Lago Michigan m
• Georgian: მიჩიგანის ტბა (mičiganis ṭba)
• German: Michigansee (de) m, Michigan-See (de) m
• Greek: Λίμνη Μίσιγκαν f (Límni Mísigkan)
• Hebrew: ימת מישיגן f (yamá míshigen)
• Hindi: मिशिगन झील (miśigan jhīl)
• Hungarian: Michigan-tó (hu)
• Indonesian: Danau Michigan
• Irish: Loch Michigan f
• Italian: lago Michigan m
• Japanese: ミシガン湖 (Mishigan-ko)
• Kazakh: Мичиган (kk) (Mıyčıygan)
• Korean: 미시간호 (Misiganho)
• Lao: ທະເລສາບມິຊິແກນ (tha lē sāp mi si kǣn)
• Latvian: Mičigans m
• Lithuanian: Mičigano ežeras m
• Macedonian: Мичиген n (Mičigen)
• Malay: Tasik Michigan
• Malayalam: മിഷിഗൺ തടാകം (miṣigaṇ taṭākaṁ)
• Marathi: मिशिगन सरोवर (miśigan sarovar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Michigansjøen m

  Nynorsk: Michigansjøen m

• Ojibwe: Mishigami
• Ottawa: Ninwewi-gchigami, Mshigami
• Persian: دریاچه میشیگان (daryâče-ye mišigân)
• Polish: Michigan (pl) n
• Portuguese: Lago Michigan m
• Punjabi: ਮਿਸ਼ੀਗਨ ਝੀਲ f (miśīgan jhīl)
• Romanian: Lacul Michigan n
• Russian: Мичига́н (ru) m (Mičigán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Језеро Мичиген n

  Latin: Jezero Michigan n

• Slovak: Michiganské jazero n
• Slovene: Michigansko jezero n
• Spanish: Lago Míchigan m
• Swedish: Michigansjön c
• Tamil: மிச்சிகன் ஏரி (miccikaṉ ēri)
• Telugu: మిచిగాన్ సరస్సు (micigān sarassu)
• Thai: ทะเลสาบมิชิแกน (tá-lee-sàap mí-chí-gɛɛn)
• Turkish: Michigan Gölü
• Ukrainian: Мічига́н m (Mičyhán)
• Uzbek: Michigan
• Vietnamese: hồ Michigan
• Welsh: Llyn Michigan m