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madison
/ˈmædəsən/
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What does madison mean?
noun
- 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.
- A form of line dance.
- A particular line dance commonly danced to the Ike & Tina Turner song Nutbush City Limits (though predating that song's release).
More meanings (31)
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of madison.
proper 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.
- 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 New Haven County, Connecticut.
- A city, the county seat of Madison County, Florida.
- A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Georgia.
- A city in Madison County and St. Clair County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Greenwood County, Kansas.
- A town in Somerset County, 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 Carroll County, 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmædəsən/
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It was due east of Madison Avenue, and as the stranger plodded that way the Rabbit watched him.
He took a Madison car and went direct to Ogden Place this time walking boldly up to the door.
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A stop was made at Madison long enough to give one concert, and they reached Cincinnati the next morning.
She had taken twenty very expensive lessons from Madison Bowers, but she did not yet know what he thought of her or of her ability.
Jefferson had completed his sixty-sixth year when he relinquished the presidency to his friend and pupil, James Madison, and retired to his loved Virginia home.