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| Chicago |
a city in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is near the southern tip of Lake Michigan. |
| Great Lakes |
five large, connected freshwater lakes of North America. They lie on the border between the United States and Canada; Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. |
| Huron |
Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes. It lies between the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario. [1/2 definitions] |
| Lake Erie |
one of the Great Lakes of North America, bordering the province of Ontario in Canada and the states of New York, Pennyslvania, Ohio, and Michigan in the United States. |
| Lake Huron |
one of the Great Lakes that lies between the United States and Canada. Lake Huron is located to the northeast of the U.S. state of Michigan and contains the large Canadian island of Manitoulin. |
| Lake Michigan |
a large lake that is one of the Great Lakes of North America and borders the U.S. states of Illnois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Lake Michigan reaches the furthest south of the Great Lakes and borders the city of Chicago at its southern end. |
| MI |
abbreviation of "Michigan." |
| Michigan |
Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes. It lies between this state and Wisconsin. [1/2 definitions] |
| Superior |
Lake Superior, the largest and most western of the Great Lakes. It lies between the U.S. states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario. |
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