madison
IPA: mˈædʌsʌn
Root Word: Madison
noun
- An English surname originating as a matronymic; (US politics) used specifically of James Madison (1751–1836), a Founding Father and fourth president of the United States.
- A locale in the United States; all named for James Madison unless otherwise indicated.
- The capital city of Wisconsin, United States, and the county seat of Dane County.
- A city in Alabama.
- A city in Arkansas.
- A census-designated place in Yolo County, California; named for Madison, Wisconsin.
- A town in Connecticut.
- A city, the county seat of Madison County, Florida.
- A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Georgia.
- A city in Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana.
- A city in Kansas.
- A town in Maine.
- A city, the county seat of Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota; named for Madison, Wisconsin.
- A city in Mississippi.
- A city in Missouri.
- A city, the county seat of Madison County, Nebraska; named for its county, itself for James Madison.
- A town in New Hampshire.
- A borough in Morris County, New Jersey.
- A town in New York and a village within that town.
- A town in North Carolina.
- A village in Ohio; named for either James Madison or Madison, Connecticut.
- A borough in Pennsylvania.
- A city, the county seat of Lake County, South Dakota; named for Madison, Wisconsin.
- A town, the county seat of Madison County, Virginia; named for the landowning Madison family, of which James Madison is a descendant.
- A city, the county seat of Boone County, West Virginia.
- A town in Wisconsin, adjacent to the city of Madison (listed above).
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Madison Township.
- A river in Wyoming and Montana, United States; named for James Madison.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, popular since 1984 when it appeared as the name of a mermaid in the film Splash.
- A particular line dance commonly danced to the Ike & Tina Turner song Nutbush City Limits.
- (cycle racing) A track cycling relay race in which team members take turns while racing round the track for the largest number of laps, and exchange places with a team mate by means of a touch, which may be a push or a hand-sling.
- (dance) A form of line dance.
- Alternative spelling of madison [(cycle racing) A track cycling relay race in which team members take turns while racing round the track for the largest number of laps, and exchange places with a team mate by means of a touch, which may be a push or a hand-sling.]
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Examples of "madison" in Sentences
- Madison was not an atheist or agnostic.
- Madison was the head of the congressional party.
- Galyean received the endorsement of The Madison Project.
- Mayor Paul Soglin says Madison will renege on its promise.
- The southern terminus of this route occurs in Comer in Madison County.
- In 2005, a walkout took place at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
- It is Madison County's fourth courthouse and the third built in Madison.
- It connects the village of New Madison indirectly with the city of Eaton.
- She was both Madison Parish and the statewide president of the organization.
- To assume that most people assume that the UofW is the UofW Madison is inane.