Wisconsin
English

Map highlighting Wisconsin
Etymology
The word 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 Miami meskonsing (“it lies red”), borrowed into French as 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) (informal) IPA(key): /wɪnˈskɑnsən/
- (without weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /wɪsˈkɑnsɪn/
- (weak vowel merger)
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Wisconsin
- A state of the United States of America Capital: Madison. Largest city: Milwaukee.
- The Wisconsin River, flowing 430 miles from Wisconsin to the Mississippi River.
Derived terms
- WI
- Wisconsinian
- Wisconsinite
- Wisconsin Rapids
- Sconnie
Translations
state of the United States of America
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See also
- Appendix:Place names in Wisconsin
Danish
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /wis.ˈkõ.sĩ/
Proper noun
Wisconsin m
- Wisconsin (a state of the United States)
- Wisconsin (a river in the United States)
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