Missouri (n.)

  1. a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union

    [ Syn: missouri , show me state , mo ]

  2. the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis; The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together form the third longest river in the world

    [ Syn: missouri , missouri river ]

  3. a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri

    [ Syn: missouri ]

  4. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri

    [ Syn: missouri ]

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