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Muddy Mississippi

/ˈmʌdi ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi/

Muddy Mississippi proper noun: the Mississippi River, in particular downstream of the confluence with the Missouri River.

muddy mississippi: the Mississippi River, in particular downstream of the confluence with the Missouri River
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Proper noun

the Muddy Mississippi

  1. (informal) The Mississippi River, in particular downstream of the confluence with the Missouri River.
    • The source of the supply was the "Muddy Mississippi River."Skinker, Thomas J., et al. "DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR A GREATER ST. LOUIS, MO.[with DISCUSSION]." Journal (American Water Works Association) 22.12 (1930): 1583-1608....
    • When Cohen speaks of the “desire of the Muddy Mississippi … to pour into the Atchafalaya River and surge into the Gulf a few hundred miles west of its current delta https://muse.jhu.edu/article/881185/summaryPublicover, Laurence. "Pericles’s Humming Waters: Nonhuman Agency, Textual Criticism, and the Practice of Material Ecocriticism." Shakespeare Quarterly 73.3-4 (2022): 280-302

Questions about Muddy Mississippi

What does Muddy Mississippi mean?
Muddy Mississippi means the Mississippi River, in particular downstream of the confluence with the Missouri River.
What part of speech is Muddy Mississippi?
Muddy Mississippi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Muddy Mississippi?
Muddy Mississippi is pronounced /ˈmʌdi ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi/.

Words near Muddy Mississippi in the dictionary

  1. muddlings
  2. muddly
  3. Muddock
  4. muddwelling
  5. muddy
  6. Muddy Mississippi
  7. muddy the water
  8. muddy the waters
  9. muddy up
  10. Muddy York
  11. muddying

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