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Mackinac Island

Mackinac Island proper noun: an island in Michigan, United States.

Proper noun

Mackinac Island

  1. An island in Michigan, United States.
    • Check out the flower power on Mackinac Island in June when the island lights up with millions of lilac blooms.2015 April 3, Rosemary McClure, “Michigan: Flower power at Mackinac Island's Lilac Festival”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
    • Mr. Pence, the first sitting vice president to visit Mackinac Island, is apparently also the first government official to break with the island’s carless tradition.2019 September 22, Vanessa Swales, “A Motorcade on Mackinac Island? Pence’s Visit Breaks a Long Tradition”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Origin of Mackinac Island

Clipping of French Michilimackinac, from Ojibwe Mishimikinaak (literally “big turtle”), after its shape, + island.

Questions about Mackinac Island

What does Mackinac Island mean?
Mackinac Island means an island in Michigan, United States.
What part of speech is Mackinac Island?
Mackinac Island is a proper noun.

Words near Mackinac Island in the dictionary

  1. Mackie line
  2. Mackie lines
  3. MacKillop
  4. Mackinac
  5. Mackinac County
  6. Mackinac Island
  7. mackinaw
  8. mackinaw boat
  9. mackinaw boats
  10. mackinaw coat
  11. mackinaw coats

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