Missippi
/mɪˈsɪpi/
Missippi is the nonstandard form of Mississippi.
Meaning of Mississippi
Proper noun (1)
Mississippi
- A state of the United States.
- Mississippi mud is soaked in black blood / How many more must die?1970, Black Blood & The Chocolate Pickles, “Mississippi Mud”
- A major river in the United States, flowing southward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
- Synonyms:
- the Big Muddy, Big River, Body of a Nation, El Grande, El Grande de Soto, the Father of Waters, the Gathering of Waters, the Great River, the Mighty Mississippi, the Mississippi River
Proper noun (2)
the Mississippi
- A river in Canada that flows from eastern Ontario into the Ottawa River.
- Synonyms:
- Mississippi River
Forms of Missippi
| alternative form | Miss'ippi |
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Questions about Missippi
- What is Missippi the nonstandard form of?
- Missippi is the nonstandard form of Mississippi.
- How do you pronounce Missippi?
- Missippi is pronounced /mɪˈsɪpi/.
Words near Missippi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Missippi (page history and authors); Mississippi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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