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Michigan: Michiganian Michigander, [37] Wolverine, [38] [39] Michiganite, Yooper/Troll (for residents of the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula, respectively), [40] Michigoose (used specifically for female residents, as a play on "Michigander") [40] Minnesota: Minnesotan Minne Mississippi: Mississippian Missouri: Missourian Missouran
Lewis Cass. Michiganian is the term used for the state's citizens in The Collections of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society since the 1870s.. Michigander is considered pejorative by some due to the circumstances under which the term was popularized, but others perceive no such negative connotation.
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Coined in the 1830s from the Napoleonic Wars 20 years previously. The people of Hartlepool captured a French ship off the North East coast of England, and finding the only survivor on the ship was a monkey, hanged it thinking it was a spy. Hartlepool United F.C, have a mascot called H'Angus the Monkey Moonrakers (UK) Natives of the county of ...
State flag of Michigan Location of Michigan in the US map. This is a list of notable people from the US state of Michigan. People from Michigan are sometimes referred to as Michiganders, Michiganians, or, more rarely, Michiganites. This list includes people who were born, have lived, or worked in Michigan.
The Associated Press declared former President Donald Trump the winner of Michigan’s Republican primary based on an analysis of initial vote returns from a cross-section of the state. With the ...
Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States.It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north.
Michigan football’s 27-24 win last Saturday against Minnesota did more than just improve the Wolverines’ record to 4-1 and bump them up two spots in the US LBM Coaches Poll.. It helped rewrite ...