Mis·sour·i
 Missouri
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- pronunciation:
- mih
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mih
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- Word History
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noun |
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Missouri is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Missouri is MO.
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Missourian (n.) |
Missouri means "people of the big canoes" in an Algonquin language. The state was named after the Missouri River.