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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital of Michigan, in the south-central part of the state northwest of Detroit. It is an automobile-manufacturing center and became the state capital in 1847.

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  • proper noun Any number of towns in the USA, see Wikipedia:Lansing
  • proper noun The capital of Michigan.

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  • noun capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River

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Examples

  • MARK ALLEY, LANSING POLICE CHIEF: I'm pleased to announce that we have arrested a serial killer in connection with the recent homicides that occurred against women in the city of Lansing.

    CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2007 2007

  • LANSING -- The explosive debate over who should control Detroit Public Schools came today to Lansing where DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb squared off against his critics.

    Freep.com - RSS 2010

  • LANSING - A winter storm could bring about seven inches of snow to the Lansing area by Monday night.

    lsj.com - News 2010

  • LANSING - A 21-year-old Grand Rapids man has been arrested and charged after driving while intoxicated and seriously injuring two of his passengers in a Saturday crash in Lansing, police said today.

    lsj.com - News 2010

  • Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 11: 12 a.m. LANSING -- A group of Traverse City area residents are in Lansing, protesting a plan to build a coal burning power plant in Presque Isle County.

    TV 7&4 - Local News 2009

  • Born in Lansing, Michigan, he is the son of a nurse and a teacher.

    Five People Born on April 10 | myFiveBest 2010

  • PLUTA: At the Tea Party rally in Lansing, Cheryl Schultz says she didnt vote for Snyder in the primary, precisely because she saw him as too moderate.

    Mich. Race Shows It's Not RIP For GOP Moderates 2010

  • Colleges would lose the right to prohibit concealed weapons on campus under a proposed bill that was blasted by university officials at a House committee hearing in Lansing on Tuesday.

    Security/Crime 2009

  • Reader Jeff Semenak, who lives in Lansing, reports that the Lansing State Journal courthouse notes occasionally mention that someone has been convicted of “seducing an unmarried woman.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Recent Michigan Prosecutions for “Seducing an Unmarried Woman”  2010

  • The Mayor of Lansing is absolutely correct in all his rantings.

    The real road to serfdom 2009

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