Mis⋅sour⋅i
[mi-zoo
r-ee, -zoor-uh] 
) -sour⋅i for 3. | 1. | a state in the central United States. 4,917,444; 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Capital: Jefferson City. Abbreviation: MO (for use with zip code), Mo. |
| 2. | a river flowing from SW Montana into the Mississippi N of St. Louis, Mo. 2723 mi. (4382 km) long. |
| 3. | a member of a North American Indian tribe belonging to the Siouan linguistic stock, located on the Missouri River in early historic times and now extinct as a tribe. |
| 4. | from Missouri, Informal. unwilling to accept something without proof; skeptical: I'm from Missouri—you'll have to show me that you're right. |
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| Mis·sou·ri 1
(mĭ-zŏŏr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. Missouri or Mis·sou·ris
[French, from Illinois ouemessourita, those that have dugout canoes.] |
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| Mis·sou·ri 2
(mĭ-zŏŏr'ē, -zŏŏr'ə) Pronunciation Key
Abbr. MO or Mo. A state of the central United States. It was admitted as the 24th state in 1821. Under Spanish control from 1762 to 1800, the area passed to the United States through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Organized as a territory in 1812, Missouri's application for admission as a slaveholding state in 1817 sparked a bitter controversy over the question of extending slavery into new territories. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 provided for the admission of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state in the following year. Jefferson City is the capital and St. Louis the largest city. Population: 5,840,000. Mis·sou'ri·an adj. & n. |
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Missouri
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| missouri | |
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 |
| 2. | 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" |
| 3. | a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri |
| 4. | a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri |
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Missouri [(muh-zoor-ee, muh-zoor-uh)]
State in the central United States bordered by Iowa to the north; Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee to the east; Arkansas to the south; and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. Its capital is Jefferson City, and its largest city is St. Louis.
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Missouri City, TX (city, FIPS 48804)
Location: (29.582799, -95.539423)
Population (2000): 52,913 (17,481 housing units)
Area: 29.698022 sq mi (land), 0.716854 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 77459, 77489
Missouri Valley, IA (city, FIPS 52860)
Location: (41.558912, -95.893926)
Population (2000): 2,992 (1,300 housing units)
Area: 3.044101 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 51555
Missouri City, MO (city, FIPS 48980)
Location: (39.238147, -94.301128)
Population (2000): 295 (120 housing units)
Area: 1.015320 sq mi (land), 0.113246 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 64072
Missouri Ridge, ND (township, FIPS 10553660)
Location: (48.232719, -103.636720)
Population (2000): 429 (171 housing units)
Area: 35.889460 sq mi (land), 0.071127 sq mi (water)
Missouri Ridge, NE (precinct, FIPS 14592010)
Location: (40.151522, -100.368308)
Population (2000): 26 (10 housing units)
Area: 36.701241 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Missouri River, MO (township, FIPS 18948989)
Location: (38.622302, -90.454866)
Population (2000): 34,569 (12,388 housing units)
Area: 25.274123 sq mi (land), 0.003134 sq mi (water)
Stafford-Missouri City, TX (CCD, FIPS 15793715)
Location: (29.569336, -95.509184)
Population (2000): 89,467 (28,552 housing units)
Area: 85.146159 sq mi (land), 0.927564 sq mi (water)
Missouri, IL (township, FIPS 00949685)
Location: (40.054265, -90.739793)
Population (2000): 162 (90 housing units)
Area: 35.446662 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Missouri, AR (township, FIPS 10992523)
Location: (34.042427, -93.534570)
Population (2000): 871 (420 housing units)
Area: 29.046511 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Missouri, ND (township, FIPS 01553620)
Location: (46.683390, -100.639159)
Population (2000): 132 (50 housing units)
Area: 24.181336 sq mi (land), 5.162721 sq mi (water)
Missouri, AR (township, FIPS 09992520)
Location: (33.808324, -93.393129)
Population (2000): 4,767 (2,161 housing units)
Area: 86.901683 sq mi (land), 0.160135 sq mi (water)
Missouri, MO (township, FIPS 01948944)
Location: (38.955191, -92.375440)
Population (2000): 63,334 (27,517 housing units)
Area: 107.625465 sq mi (land), 0.944692 sq mi (water)
Little Missouri, MT (CCD, FIPS 01192121)
Location: (45.337996, -104.498687)
Population (2000): 484 (297 housing units)
Area: 2289.583155 sq mi (land), 7.424148 sq mi (water)
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