1. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region, with capital Lansing
   - Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI, Mich.
    
2. The 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders
   - Lake Michigan
    
3. A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in their hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
   "They spent the evening playing Michigan with their neighbours";
   - Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops

Type of: American state, card game, cards, lake

Part of: America, Great Lakes, 'Merica, middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Michigan, The University of