Wisconsin

Borrowed from French Ouisconsin, itself borrowed from an uncertain Native American language. Theories include:

• Miami meeskohsinki or Algonquin meskousing, both meaning "it lies red", 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. "Meskousing" is known from maps drawn by the French from the 1670s onwards, it is believed subsequent transcribers mistook the stylized cursive "M" for "OU".
• Menominee wēskōhsek (“a good place”), from Wēskōhsek Sēpēw ("the river where it is good to live")^[1]
• An Ojibwe term, suggestions include miskwasiniig (“red stones”), referring to the red sandstone of the dells of the Wisconsin River; and wiishihkaanhs (“little lodge”), referring to the dwellings of the abundant beavers and muskrats.

A researcher for the State of Wisconsin Historical Society concluded in frustration, "I have not found two Indians to agree on the meaning of this word."^[2]

• (US)
  • (weak vowel merger)
    • IPA^(key): /wəˈskɑnsən/, [wəˈskɑn.sn̩]
    • IPA^(key): /wəsˈkɑnsən/, [wəsˈkʰɑn.sn̩]
    • (with added n) (informal) IPA^(key): /wɪnˈskɑnsən/
  • (weak vowel distinction) IPA^(key): /wɪsˈkɑnsɪn/

• Audio (US):

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Wisconsin

1. A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States.
2. A river in the United States that flows from northern Wisconsin into the Mississippi.
3. University of Wisconsin–Madison.

• WI
• Wisconsinian
• Wisconsinite
• Wisconsin Dells
• Wisconsin Rapids
• Sconnie

• Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wisconsin

Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from English Wisconsin.

Wisconsin (genitive Wisconsins)

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

From English Wisconsin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiskonsin/, [ˈwis̠ko̞ns̠in]
• Rhymes: -iskonsin

Wisconsin

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

From English Wisconsin.

• (France) IPA^(key): /wis.kɔn.sin/, (rare) /wis.kɔ̃.sɛ̃/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /wis.kõ.sẽ/

Wisconsin m

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

From English Winsconsin.

• IPA^(key): /vɪsˈkɔn.sɪn/, /wɪsˈkɔn.sɪn/

• Audio:

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Wisconsin n (proper noun, genitive Wisconsins or (optionally with an article) Wisconsin)

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wisconsin

Wikipedia ^it

Unadapted borrowing from English Wisconsin.

• IPA^(key): /wiˈskɔn.sin/
• Rhymes: -ɔnsin
• Hyphenation: Wi‧scòn‧sin

Wisconsin m

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wisconsin

Wikipedia ^pl

Unadapted borrowing from English Wisconsin.

• IPA^(key): /wisˈkɔn.sin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔnsin
• Syllabification: Wis‧con‧sin

Wisconsin n (indeclinable)

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)
2. Wisconsin (a river in the United States)

• Wisconsin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Wisconsin.

Wisconsin m

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)
2. Wisconsin (a river in the United States)

• IPA^(key): /wisˈkonsin/ [wisˈkõn.sĩn]
• Rhymes: -onsin
• Syllabification: Wis‧con‧sin

Wisconsin m

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

• Wisconsin on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es