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| 1. | [ noun ] (government,geography) 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 | |
| Related terms: | American_state Confederacy Midwest Kansas_City St._Louis gateway_to_the_west sedalia St._Francis Osage cape_girardeau White Jefferson_City hannibal saint_joseph poplar_bluff columbia springfield Independence | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (geography) the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis | |
| Synonyms: | Missouri_River | |
| Related terms: | river US | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri | |
| Related terms: | Sioux | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (linguistics) a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri people | |
| Related terms: | Chiwere | |
| Similar spelling: |
miser |
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