MISSOURI

• (noun) a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri

• (noun) 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

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : missouri river

• (noun) a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri

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