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WISC.

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wisc. mean? 

WISC. (noun)
  The noun WISC. has 1 sense:

1. a midwestern state in north central United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: WISC. used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WISC. (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A midwestern state in north central United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Badger State; WI; Wis.; Wisc.; Wisconsin

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Wisc."):

Appleton (a town in eastern Wisconsin)

Eau Claire (a town in west central Wisconsin)

Green Bay (a city of eastern Wisconsin on an arm of Lake Michigan)

La Crosse (a town in western Wisconsin on the Mississippi River)

capital of Wisconsin; Madison (capital of the state of Wisconsin; located in the southern part of state; site of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin)

Milwaukee (largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries)

Racine (a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee)

Superior (a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth)

Watertown (a town in southeastern Wisconsin)

Wausau (a town in north central Wisconsin)

Fox River (a river in Wisconsin that flows into Lake Michigan)

Wisconsin; Wisconsin River (a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin)

Holonyms ("Wisc." is a part of...):

middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States (the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America))

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)


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