Mississippi

Definitions of Mississippi
  1. noun
    a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
  2. noun
    a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico
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    fiume
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
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