WISCONSIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wisconsin mean? 

• WISCONSIN (noun)
  The noun WISCONSIN has 2 senses:

1. a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin

2. a midwestern state in north central United States

  Familiarity information: WISCONSIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WISCONSIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Wisconsin; Wisconsin River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

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

Badger State; WI; Wis.; Wisc.; Wisconsin (a midwestern state in north central United States)

Sense 2

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 "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)

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

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

Wausau (a town in north central Wisconsin)

Watertown (a town in southeastern Wisconsin)

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

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

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)

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

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

Eau Claire (a town in west central Wisconsin)

Appleton (a town in eastern Wisconsin)

Holonyms ("Wisconsin" 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)

 Context examples 

A combined research program of the National Marrow Donor Program and the Medical College of Wisconsin that collaborates with the global scientific community to advance hematopoietic cell transplantation and cellular therapy research worldwide.

(Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, NCI Thesaurus)

An international research organization based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that collects and analyzes data of recipients of allogeneic and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants.

(International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry, NCI Thesaurus)

A new study from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University links artificial sweeteners to obesity and diabetes, claiming sweeteners change how the body processes fat and uses energy.

(Artificial Sweeteners Can Still Lead to Obesity, Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Dr Richard Atkinson, Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin, has already patented a vaccine for the virus.

(Scientists Find Virus Linked to Weight Gain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A census division of the United States consisting of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

(East North Central States Census Division, NCI Thesaurus)

We observed that in moderation, your body has the machinery to handle sugar, said Brian Hoffmann, lead researcher on the study and assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University.

(Artificial Sweeteners Can Still Lead to Obesity, Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, our snow, began to stretch out beside us and twinkle against the windows, and the dim lights of small Wisconsin stations moved by, a sharp wild brace came suddenly into the air.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)