English Explanatory Dictionary

Mississippi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A state of the United States.
  2. 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.
intj
  1. Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.
noun
  1. A recitation of Mississippi (the interjection).
noun
  1. A variant of bagatelle.
name
  1. A river in Canada that flows from eastern Ontario into the Ottawa River.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ en-us-Mississippi.ogg

Word forms

Mississippi Missippi Mississippis the Mississippi

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).

Synonyms

the Magnolia State the Hospitality State MS MS. Miss. MISS 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 the Muddy Mississippi Old Man River Mississippi River

Related words

Kichi Sipi Kitchissippi Nipissing

Derived words

Mississippian Mississippi Bubble Mississippi County Mississippi gopher frog Mississippi kite Mississippi Mills Mississippi mud pie Mississippi plan Mississippi rifle Mississippi River Mississippi sax Mississippi Scheme Mississippi Territory Mississippi wind chime MS
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