Wisconsin

English

Map highlighting Wisconsin

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) IPA: /wɪsˈkɑnsən/

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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

• WI
• Wisconsinite

Translations

state of the United States of America

Arabic: ويسكنسن (ar) (wiskunsin) m., ويسكونسن (ar) (wiskunsin) m., ويسكونسين (ar) (wiskunsin) Bengali: উইসকনসিন (bn) Bulgarian: Уисконсин (bg) (Uiskónsin) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 威斯康辛 (cmn) (Wēisīkāngxīn) Czech: Wisconsin (cs) m. Esperanto: Viskonsino (eo) Greek: Ουισκόνσιν (el) (Ouiskónsin) Hebrew: ויסקונסין (he) Hindi: विस्कांसिन (hi) (viskānsin) Japanese: ウィスコンシン (ja) (Wisukonshin)

Korean: 위스콘신 (ko) (Wiseukonsin) Macedonian: Висконсин (Viskónsin) m. Navajo: Wiskaansin hahoodzo Persian: ویسکانسین (fa) Russian: Висконсин (ru) (Viskónsin) m. Spanish: Wisconsin (es) m. Thai: รัฐวิสคอนซิน (th) (rát-tà wí-sà-kŏn-sin) Turkish: Wisconsin (tr) Ukrainian: Вісконсин (uk) (Viskónsyn) m. Urdu: وسکونسن (ur)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Wisconsin

External links

• Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Spanish

Proper noun

Wisconsin m.

1. Wisconsin

Related terms

• wisconsinés

See also

• Wisconsin on the Spanish Wikipedia.es.Wikipedia