Missouri

Mis·sou·ri ¹  (m-zr)

n. pl. Missouri or Mis·sou·ris

1.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting north-central Missouri, with present-day descendants living with the Oto in north-central Oklahoma.

b. A member of this people.

2. The Siouan language of the Missouri.

---

[French, from Illinois ouemessourita, those that have dugout canoes.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Missouri - 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 Show Me State, MO middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 Cape Girardeau - a town in southeast Missouri Columbia - a university town in central Missouri Hannibal - a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain Independence - a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail capital of Missouri, Jefferson City - capital of the state of Missouri; located in central Missouri on the Missouri river Kansas City - a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas Poplar Bluff - a town in southeast Missouri St. Joseph, Saint Joseph - a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express Gateway to the West, St. Louis, Saint Louis - the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century Sedalia - a town in east central Missouri Springfield - a city of southwestern Missouri Osage River, Osage - a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River Saint Francis River, St. Francis River, Saint Francis, St. Francis - a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas White River, White - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
	2.	Missouri - 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" Missouri River U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
	3.	Missouri - a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri Siouan, Sioux - a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
	4.	Missouri - a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri Chiwere - the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri