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Wisconsin

Wisconsin

English

Map highlighting Wisconsin

Proper noun

Wisconsin

  1. A state of the United States of America Capital: Madison. Largest city: Milwaukee.
  2. A river flowing 430 miles from Wisconsin to the Mississippi River.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Wisconsin

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Wisconsin.

Proper noun

Wisconsin ‎(genitive Wisconsins)

  1. Wisconsin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Wisconsin.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /wis.ˈkõ.sĩ/

Proper noun

Wisconsin m

  1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)
  2. Wisconsin (a river in the United States)

Spanish

Proper noun

Wisconsin m

  1. Wisconsin

Related terms

  • wisconsinés

See also

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (US)
    • (weak vowel merger)
      • IPA(key): /wəˈskɑnsən/, [wəˈskɑn.sn̩]
      • IPA(key): /wəsˈkɑnsən/, [wəsˈkʰɑn.sn̩]
    • (with added n) IPA(key): /wɪnˈskɑnsən/, /wəˈskɑnsən/
    • (without weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /wɪˈskɑnsən/, /wɪsˈkɑnsən/

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