Mississippi River
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English
Etymology 1
From Mississippi + river. From Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”); itself already containing the term "river" in Ojibwe.
Proper noun
the Mississippi River
- (US) The Mississippi (a major river passing through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, United States).
Synonyms
Translations
river
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Etymology 2
See Mississippi § Etymology 2.
Proper noun
the Mississippi River
- A river in eastern Ontario, Canada, which joins the Ottawa River.
Further reading
- “Mississippi River”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.