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MICHIGAN [2 records]

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Record 1 2024-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

Third-largest of the Great Lakes, between Michigan (north and east), Indiana and Illinois (south), and Wisconsin (west).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Un des cinq Grands Lacs de l'Amérique du Nord.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
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Record 2 2013-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

A north central state of U.S.A.; the upper peninsula is bounded on north by Lake Superior, on east by Whitefish Bay and St. Marys River, on south by Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, and on southwest and east by Wisconsin; the lower peninsula is bounded on north by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, on east by Lake Huron, Canadian province of Ontario, Lake St. Clair, and Lake Erie, on south by Ohio and Indiana, and on west by Lake Michigan.

OBS

The State of Michigan became the 26th state of the United States of America in 1837.

OBS

Nicknames: Wolverine State; Lake State.

OBS

Nickname on car plates: Great Lakes State.

OBS

Capital: Lansing. Chief city: Detroit. Other cities: Ann Arbor, East Lansing.

OBS

MI: The ISO two-letter code to be used only as post symbol in addresses or for data in rows or columns where the number of characters is restricted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
CONT

Michigan : De mots indiens, michi [grand], gami [eau]. État du Centre-Nord des États-Unis, formé par deux péninsules.

OBS

Histoire : Colonisée par les Français après 1618, la région, devenue britannique puis occupée par les États-Unis (1787-1813). [...] devient État de l'Union en 1837.

OBS

L'État du Michigan est devenu le 26e État des États-Unis d'Amérique en 1837.

OBS

Capitale : Lansing.

OBS

MI : Code ISO à deux lettres à n'utiliser que comme indicatif de la poste pour l'adressage ou dans les tableaux où les données figurent en colonnes et dans un nombre limité de caractères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

No existe consenso entre los autores sobre el género de los nombres de los estados. Generalmente se hace la concordancia con el genérico masculino "estado".

OBS

Míchigan: Puesto que el nombre de este estado de los Estados Unidos de América [...] no plantea problemas de adecuación al sistema gráfico del español, puede incorporarse plenamente a nuestro idioma colocándole la tilde que le corresponde como palabra esdrújula.

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