Upper Peninsula

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
UP
Pronunciation
/ˈəpər pəˈnɪnsələ/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
State & Local

Examples in Context

  1. Michigan has a historical precedent for this - it traded the city of Toledo to Ohio in exchange for the upper peninsula.
  2. And in the small community of Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula(UP), widely accessible high-speed internet has allowed students and entrepreneurs to connect to the global economy.
  3. I live up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula(UP), where winters are long and cold, and summers are way too short.
  4. Maple leaves catch the sun in a hammock's-eye view of autumn foliage in the Fox River region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula(UP).
  5. At Michigan Tech in the Upper Peninsula(UP), the university actually owns a mountain so students have free access to nearby Mont Ripley.

Other meanings of UP