Michigana

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Michigana pl (plural only)

  1. A noun referring to all things related to the history and culture of the great lakes region - most especially the state of Michigan and the Lake Michigan shore.
    The market was replete with memorabilia of the auto industry, artifacts of the early settlers, and all manner of Michigana.
    • 1902, The Evening News Association, Detroit in Nineteen Hundred and One: A Chronological Record of Events[1], Detroit: The Evening News Association, page 4:
      A limited edition is printed, just sufficient to supply the principal libraries of the state, collectors of Michigana, and such people as may desire a brief and handy reference book to the events of the past year.
    • 2016 May 14, Andrea Truitt, Library of Michigan, Lansing, MI[2]:
      The Library collects both current and historical Michigana, materials