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Missouri1 definition

Mis·souri (mi zo̵or′ē)

noun

  1. pl. Missouri -·ri a member of a North American Indian people formerly living on the Missouri River in Nebraska and, later, in Oklahoma
  2. the Siouan language of this people

Etymology: Fr, earlier ouemessourit < Illinois, lit., person who has a canoe

Missouri2 definition

Mis·souri (mi zo̵or′ē, -ə)

  1. river in WC U.S., flowing from SW Mont. southeast into the Mississippi: 2,714 mi (4,368 km)
  2. Midwestern state of the central U.S.: admitted, 1821; 68,886 sq mi (178,414 sq km); pop. 5,595,000; cap. Jefferson City: abbrev. MO or Mo

Etymology: < Missouri

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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