Wisconsin

English

Map highlighting Wisconsin

Etymology

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")
• 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."

Pronunciation

• (US)
  • (weak vowel merger)
    • IPA^(key): /wəˈskɑnsən/, [wəˈskɑn.sn̩]
    • IPA^(key): /wəsˈkɑnsən/, [wəsˈkʰɑn.sn̩]
    • (with added n) (informal) IPA^(key): /wɪnˈskɑnsən/
  • (without weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /wɪsˈkɑnsɪn/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

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

Translations

state of the United States of America

• Arabic: وِيسْكُنْسِن‎ m (wiskunsin), وِيسْكُونْسِن‎ m (wiskunsin), وِيسْكُونْسِين‎ (wiskunsin)
• Armenian: Վիսկոնսինա (Viskonsina)
• Bengali: উইসকনসিন (uisoknosin)
• Bulgarian: Уиско́нсин m (Uiskónsin)
• Burmese: ဝစ္စကွန်းဆင် (wacca.kwan:hcang)
• Cherokee: ᏫᏍᎧᏂᏏᏂ (wiskanisini)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 威斯康星 (zh) (Wēisīkāngxīng), 威斯康辛 (zh) (Wēisīkāngxīn)

• Czech: Wisconsin (cs) m
• Danish: Wisconsin
• Esperanto: Viskonsino
• Finnish: Wisconsin (fi)
• Galician: Wisconsin (gl) m
• Georgian: ვისკონსინი (visḳonsini)
• German: Wisconsin (de)
• Greek: Ουισκόνσιν (el) (Ouiskónsin)
• Hebrew: ויסקונסין‎ (he) m (wiskonsin)
• Hindi: विस्कांसिन (viskānsin)
• Italian: Wisconsin (it) m
• Japanese: ウィスコンシン (Wisukonshin)
• Khmer: វីស្កុនស៊ីន (viiskonsiin)
• Korean: 위스콘신 (Wiseukonsin)
• Macedonian: Виско́нсин m (Viskónsin)
• Navajo: Wiskaansin hahoodzo
• Occitan: Wisconsin (oc) m
• Ojibwe: Wiskonsiwakiing, Wazhashkwadoong
• Persian: ویسکانسین‎
• Polish: Wisconsin (pl) n
• Portuguese: Wisconsin (pt) m
• Russian: Виско́нсин (ru) m (Viskónsin)
• Spanish: Wisconsin (es) m
• Thai: วิสคอนซิน (wís-kɔn-sîn)
• Turkish: Wisconsin
• Ukrainian: Віско́нсин m (Viskónsyn)
• Urdu: وسکونسن‎
• West Frisian: Wiskonsin
• Yiddish: וויסקאָנסין‎ (viskonsin)

Further reading

• Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Wisconsin.

Proper noun

Wisconsin (genitive Wisconsins)

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Wisconsin.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Wisconsin

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Wisconsin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Wisconsin	—
genitive		Wisconsinin	—
partitive		Wisconsinia	—
illative		Wisconsiniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Wisconsin	—
accusative	nom.	Wisconsin	—
	gen.	Wisconsinin
genitive		Wisconsinin	—
partitive		Wisconsinia	—
inessive		Wisconsinissa	—
elative		Wisconsinista	—
illative		Wisconsiniin	—
adessive		Wisconsinilla	—
ablative		Wisconsinilta	—
allative		Wisconsinille	—
essive		Wisconsinina	—
translative		Wisconsiniksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Wisconsinitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Wisconsin (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Wisconsinini	Wisconsinimme
2nd person	Wisconsinisi	Wisconsininne
3rd person	Wisconsininsa

German

Etymology

From English Winsconsin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪsˈkɔn.sɪn/, /wɪs-/

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Wisconsin.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Wisconsin m

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Wisconsin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wisˈkɔn.sin/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Proper noun

Wisconsin n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

• Wisconsin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Wisconsin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Wisconsin.

Proper noun

Wisconsin m

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Wisconsin m

1. Wisconsin (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• wisconsinés

See also

• Wisconsin on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es