Associations to the word «Missouri»
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Wiktionary
MISSOURI, proper noun. A state of the United States of America Capital Jefferson City; largest city: Kansas City: Postal abbreviation: MO
MISSOURI, proper noun. The longest river in the United States, flowing from Montana to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis.
MISSOURI, proper noun. A Native American tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.
MISSOURI, proper noun. (historical) An organized territory in the United States during the nineteenth century.
MISSOURI FOX TROTTER, noun. (uncountable) A particular breed of horse.
MISSOURI FOX TROTTER, noun. (countable) A horse of this breed.
MISSOURI FOX TROTTERS, noun. Plural of Missouri Fox Trotter
MISSOURI TOOTHPICK, noun. Bowie knife
Dictionary definition
MISSOURI, noun. 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.
MISSOURI, noun. 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".
MISSOURI, noun. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri.
MISSOURI, noun. A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri.
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