Missouri
English
Map of US highlighting Missouri
Etymology
From a French adaptation of Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”), a term for the inhabitants of the area around the Missouri River.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɪˈzɝ.i/, /məˈzɝ.ə/ (see Wikipedia)
Audio (GenAm) (file) Audio (GenAm) (file)
Proper noun
Missouri
- A state in the United States.
- The longest river in the United States, flowing from Montana to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis.
- A Native American tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.
- (historical) An organized territory in the United States during the nineteenth century.
Synonyms
Usage notes
- The pronunciation of Missouri has been variable and debated since the 1600s. See Wikipedia for more.
Synonyms
- (river): Big Muddy
Derived terms
Derived terms
- from Missouri
- Missourian/Missouran
- Missouri canary
- Missouri currant
- Missouri gooseberry
- Missouri gourd
- Missouri primrose
- Missouri sucker
- Missourite
- Missouri toothpick
- MO
Translations
US state
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river
See also
- Appendix:Place names in Missouri
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmisːuːri/, [ˈmis̠ːuːri]
- IPA(key): /ˈmisːou̯ri/, [ˈmis̠ːo̞u̯ri]
- Hyphenation: Mis‧sou‧ri
Declension
| Inflection of Missouri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Missouri | — | |
| genitive | Missourin | — | |
| partitive | Missouria | — | |
| illative | Missouriin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Missouri | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Missouri | — |
| gen. | Missourin | ||
| genitive | Missourin | — | |
| partitive | Missouria | — | |
| inessive | Missourissa | — | |
| elative | Missourista | — | |
| illative | Missouriin | — | |
| adessive | Missourilla | — | |
| ablative | Missourilta | — | |
| allative | Missourille | — | |
| essive | Missourina | — | |
| translative | Missouriksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Missouritta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /misˈsu.ri/
Proper noun
Missouri m
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Polish
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mi.ˈzu.ɾi/
Proper noun
Missouri m
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
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