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missouri
/mɪˈzʊɹ.i/
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What does missouri mean?
proper noun
- A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City.
- The longest river in North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana and flowing roughly southeast over 2,300 miles through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, before joining the Mississippi at St. Louis.
- An indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A surname.
- (historical) A massive former territory (1812–1821) of the United States, comprising much of the Great Plains and Midwestern regions.
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IPA pronunciation
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When we moved from Kentucky to Missouri, I took a severe cold on the boat, which made me an invalid for years.
The figure below represents a group of works which, we are told, were of a class formerly abundant in Missouri and Iowa.
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I could not be persuaded to ride in that wagon again and was glad when we finally left it beside the Missouri river.
Once, beyond the Missouri, I met an expatriated German baron, an unfortunate who had failed utterly in the rough life of the frontier.
Oscar’s wife, from the malaria district of Missouri, was ashamed of marrying a foreigner, and his boys do not understand a word of Swedish.