Missouri

/miˈzʌri/

/miˈzʊəri/

Other forms: Missouris

Definitions of Missouri

1. 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
   synonyms: MO, Show Me State

   example of:

   American state

   one of the 50 states of the United States
2. 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”

   synonyms: Missouri River

   example of:

   river

   a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
3. noun

   a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
   type of:

   Siouan, Sioux

   a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
4. noun

   a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
   type of:

   Chiwere

   the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri