LANSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lansing mean? 

• LANSING (noun)
  The noun LANSING has 1 sense:

1. capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River

  Familiarity information: LANSING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Michigan; Lansing

Instance hypernyms:

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Holonyms ("Lansing" is a part of...):

Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)

 Context examples 

Their study really demonstrated that exposure to heat can have all these potential effects on people’s daily activities, said Daisy Chang, an organizational psychologist at Michigan State University in East Lansing.

(Hot Dorm Rooms Could Affect Students' Memory, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)