Mississippi
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- proper noun
- /ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi/
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río Misisipi
- The Mississippi River flows through ten states before reaching the Gulf of Mexico.
- the Mississippi River
- the Mississippi Valley
- west of the Mississippi
This is in the lower ranks of the of the Mississippi River now called Cancer Alley.
- This is in the lower ranks of the of the Mississippi River now called Cancer Alley.
- Cahokia was the the big first city, but then it spread from the Mississippi all the way to the Atlantic.
- And we're going to make it so that you can only slaughter your hogs S down the Mississippi below the place where we draw our water for the city.
- You're taking it out all the way down to Mississippi, and then when it gets to the Gulf, it dies and it goes down to the bottom.
- And then we're out by the Mississippi and here comes a big old barge and it's got in massive letters along its side.
- When he was out West along the Mississippi River, before coming east, he'd already practiced this kind of warfare.
Examples
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When Carnegie first heard of James EADS plan to build a bridge over the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, he fought to win the contract.
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The flood also destroyed food for birds that use the Mississippi River as a migration route.
Academic text (1993) -
First man to fly the length of the Mississippi solo.
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We have driven as far down the right bank of the Mississippi River as it is possible to drive.
Fiction book (1998) -
One tribe after another was forced to move west of the Mississippi River.
Fiction book (1998) -
Thanks to General Grant's victories in Tennessee, we have near control of the Mississippi River.
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Galena, Illinois, used to be located on the banks of the Mississippi River, but no longer is.
Fiction book (1997) -
On the Mississippi River in Mark Twain's time, there were riverboat pilots who only knew a few miles ofthe river.
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St. Cloud sits along the chilliest stretch of the Mississippi River, about 65 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
Academic text (2017) -
After heavy rains, the banks of the Mississippi overflowed, causing widespread flooding.
Synonyms
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A large river in North America that flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico
Compounds
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A large river in North America that flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mississippi comes from Native American words misi 'big' and ziibi 'river', so the name literally means 'big river'. That is why it is a fitting name for the very long river that flows to the Gulf of Mexico.