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Michigana

Michigana noun: miscellaneous items related to the history and culture of the Great Lakes region, especially the state of Michigan and the Lake Michigan shore.

Noun

Michigana pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Miscellaneous items related to the history and culture of the Great Lakes region, especially the state of Michigan and the Lake Michigan shore.
    • The market was replete with memorabilia of the auto industry, artifacts of the early settlers, and all manner of Michigana.
    • A limited edition is printed, just sufficient to supply the principal libraries of the state, collectors of Michigana, and such people as may desire a brief and handy reference book to the events of the past year.1902, The Evening News Association, Detroit in Nineteen Hundred and One: A Chronological Record of Events, Detroit: The Evening News Association, page 4

Examples of Michigana in a sentence

  • Early imprints and books about the early history of the state are sought by collectors of “Michigana.”1937 July 4, Thomas J. Bishop, “Old Michigan Prints: First of Them Are Gone”, in The Flint Journal, 55th year, Flint, Mich., →OCLC, page 5...
  • MICHIGANA BOOKS AT LOCAL LIBRARY / A fine collection of Michigana is at Ludington public library where Miss Eleanor Hillman, librarian, is constantly adding new books on this state.1940 November 14, “Society”, in Ludington Daily News, volume 51, number 15, Ludington, Mich., →OCLC, page 2, column 1:
  • BOOKS—Breaking up private collection Michigana through March 5.1972 February 29, “Antiques and Collections”, in Jackson Citizen Patriot, 136th year, number 177, Jackson, Mich., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21...
  • The Library collects both current and historical Michigana, materials2016 May 14, Andrea Truitt, Library of Michigan, Lansing, MI:

Origin of Michigana

From Michigan + -ana.

Questions about Michigana

What does Michigana mean?
Michigana means miscellaneous items related to the history and culture of the Great Lakes region, especially the state of Michigan and the Lake Michigan shore.
How do you use Michigana in a sentence?
Early imprints and books about the early history of the state are sought by collectors of “Michigana.”
What part of speech is Michigana?
Michigana is a noun.

Words near Michigana in the dictionary

  1. Michigan rolls
  2. Michigan rummy
  3. Michigan salad
  4. Michigan salads
  5. Michigan State
  6. Michigana
  7. Michigander
  8. Michiganders
  9. Michiganensian
  10. Michiganensians
  11. Michiganer

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