Missouri

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noun

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 (Freq. 7)
• Syn:
Show Me State, MO
• Instance Hypernyms:
American state
• Member Holonyms:
Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland
• Part Holonyms:
United States, United States of America, America, the States, US,
U.S., USA, U.S.A., Midwest, middle west, midwestern United States
• Part Meronyms:
Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Hannibal, Independence, Jefferson City,
capital of Missouri, Kansas City, Poplar Bluff, Saint Joseph, St. Joseph, Saint Louis,
St. Louis, Gateway to the West, Sedalia, Springfield, Osage, Osage River,
Saint Francis, Saint Francis River, St. Francis, St. Francis River, White, White River
2. the longest river in the United States;
arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis (Freq. 1)
- The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together form the third longest river in the world
• Syn:
Missouri River
• Instance Hypernyms:
river
• Part Holonyms:
United States, United States of America, America, the States, US,
U.S., USA, U.S.A.
3. a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
• Hypernyms:
Sioux, Siouan
4. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
• Hypernyms:
Chiwere