Michigan

The name ''Michigan'' is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States, and the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area (the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River). Its capital is Lansing, and the largest city is Detroit. It is also the only state to consist of two peninsulas.