Mis·sour·i /mɪˈzʊəri/
1. a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
synset: Missouri, Show_Me_State, MO, Mo.
2. the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis; "The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together form the third longest river in the world"
synset: Missouri, Missouri_River
3. a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
synset: Missouri
4. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
synset: Missouri
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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