Lake Michigan

English

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

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Lake Michigan

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 (Mičʿigan lič)
Azerbaijani: Miçiqan gölü
Basque: Michigan
Belarusian: Мічыган m (Mičyhan)
Bengali: মিশিগান হ্রদ (miśigan hrôdô)
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 c
Dutch: Michiganmeer n
Esperanto: Lago Miĉigano
Estonian: Michigani järv
Finnish: Michiganjärvi
French: lac Michigan (fr) m
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 (Miçigan)
Korean: 미시간호 (Misiganho)
Latvian: Mičigans m
Lithuanian: Mičigano ežeras m
Macedonian: Мичиген n (Mičigen)
Malay: Tasik Michigan
Malayalam: മിഷിഗൺ തടാകം (miṣigaṇ taṭākaṃ)
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
Roman: 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
West Frisian: Michiganmar