Mis·sou·ri 1 (m -z r )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.] |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | 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 UnionColumbia - 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 Kansas City - a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas 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 Osage River, Osage - a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River 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" | | 3. | Missouri - a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in MissouriSiouan, 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 MissouriChiwere - the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri |
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