Missouri

n. state in the central United States; longest river in the United States originating in Montana and joining the Mississippi river in Missouri

Missouri (pronounced , locally ) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America  bordered by  Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Missouri is the eighteenth most populous state and is made up of 114 counties and one independent city. Missouri's capital is Jefferson City and four largest cities are, in descending order, Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, and Columbia. Missouri was originally purchased from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase and part of the Missouri Territory was admitted into the union as the 24th state in 1821.
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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
(synonym) Show Me State, MO
(hypernym) American state
(member-holonym) Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland
(part-holonym) Midwest, Middle West
(part-meronym) Cape Girardeau
2. the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis
(synonym) Missouri River
(hypernym) river
(part-holonym) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
3. a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
(hypernym) Sioux, Siouan
4. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri people
(hypernym) Chiwere

n. Missouri, state in the central United States; longest river in the United States originating in Montana and joining the Mississippi river in Missouri

n. Missouri, state in the central United States; longest river in the United States originating in Montana and joining the Mississippi river in Missouri