Michigan is a Midwestern state of the United States, located in the east north central portion of the country. It was named after Lake Michigan, the word 'Michigan' itself being a French derivative of the Ojibwe misshikama (read ''mish-ih-GAH-muh''), meaning ''big lake'' (compare kitchikama, meaning ''Great Lake'' - pronounced ''gitch-ih-GAH-ma,'' or ''Gitchee-Gumee'' as rendered by Longfellow)...