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Mississippi River

Mississippi River proper noun: the Mississippi (a major river passing through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, United States).

Proper noun (1)

the Mississippi River

  1. (US) The Mississippi (a major river passing through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, United States).

Proper noun (2)

the Mississippi River

  1. A river in eastern Ontario, Canada, which joins the Ottawa River.

Synonyms of Mississippi River

Origin of Mississippi River

From Mississippi + river. From Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”); itself already containing the term "river" in Ojibwe.

See Mississippi § Etymology 2.

Questions about Mississippi River

What does Mississippi River mean?
Mississippi River means the Mississippi (a major river passing through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, United States).
What part of speech is Mississippi River?
Mississippi River is a proper noun.

Words near Mississippi River in the dictionary

  1. Mississippi mud pie
  2. Mississippi mud pies
  3. Mississippi plan
  4. Mississippi rifle
  5. Mississippi rifles
  6. Mississippi River
  7. Mississippi sax
  8. Mississippi saxes
  9. Mississippi Scheme
  10. Mississippi State
  11. Mississippi Territory

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