Missouri
A state in the Midwestern region of the United StatesA state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City.
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Meaning
5 sensesA state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City.
Missuri, Missouri
Миссу́риMissúri
Міссу́ріMissúri
The longest river in North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana and flowing roughly southeast over 2,300 miles through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, before joining the Mississippi at St. Louis.
Missuri, Missouri
Миссу́риMissúri
An indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.
(historical)A massive former territory (1812–1821) of the United States, comprising much of the Great Plains and Midwestern regions.
A surname.
Examples
15 sentencesWas the Missouri Compromise legal?
Missouri has both mountains and plains.
ruВ Миссури есть и горы, и равнины.
They are planning to settle Missouri.
deSie planen, Missouri zu besiedeln.
What can you tell me about the population of Missouri?
He is as stubborn as a Missouri Mule.
Translations
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Origin
From a French adaptation of Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”), a teFrom a French adaptation of Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”), a term for the inhabitants of the area around the Missouri River.
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