Missouri
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- proper noun
- /mɪˈzʊəri/
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Misuri
- The settlement with the Missouri State Board of Governors was final last month.
- the state of Missouri
- University of Missouri
- St. Louis, Missouri
We live in the woods in northeast Missouri and Pooj needs to go.
- We live in the woods in northeast Missouri and Pooj needs to go.
- He, he goes to University of Missouri, Kansas City for one year.
- But it was repealed to the Missouri Supreme Court, which had three judges.
- I wanted to talk about our boy Brock from Missouri, who called in last week.
- I mean, we've locked up deals in the last week in Missouri, in San Antonio, Houston, Vegas.
- So, you know, coming from Pomona, CA, first time in, in Missouri, you know, I'm walking around.
- Many wondered, why is this travel advisory being issued just for Missouri and why just now?
- They had moved to Missouri, a revelation that this is the new place.
- This is TK up here in northeast Missouri.
- So you got to be like you were born in the center of Missouri.
- I think this is Minot in in Missouri, Missouri, excuse me, Montana.
Examples
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Sir, my father is an appellate court judge in the Sixth District of the state of Missouri.
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The governor of Missouri has called upon the President to declare a state of emergency.
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Not in the state of Missouri, it's not working.
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You, you have a right in Missouri to defend yourself or another.
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See, when the Mormons arrived in Missouri, they needed to find jobs, but no one would hire them.
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That is why he's no longer welcome in the state of Missouri.
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Tom is the University of Missouri project leader of a digitization initiative called Project Mayibuye.
Academic text (2015) -
Fortunately, in higher poverty schools in Missouri, professional school counselors have better ratios to assist students.
Academic text (2012) -
The governor of Missouri has called upon the President to declare a state of emergency.
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Protesters are moving on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, right now outside of St. Louis.
Synonyms
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A state in the central United States called Missouri
A state in the middle of the United States
A nickname for the US state Missouri because its people are practical and do not believe things easily
Compounds
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A very long river in the United States that flows southeast from Montana to the Mississippi near St Louis
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An 1820 US law letting Missouri be a slave state, making Maine free, and limiting slavery in western lands
A river in the north-central United States that starts in northeast Wyoming and joins the Missouri River in North Dakota
A small wildflower from the central United States with bright yellow flower clusters that blooms in late summer
A vine from central and southwestern United States and Mexico that makes small hard spotted green fruit you cannot eat
A plant from south central United States with large yellow flowers that open in the evening
Surface Forms
Etymology
Missouri the state took its name from the Missouri River, which was named for the Missouri people; the original name meant 'people of the big canoes', so the place keeps the tribe's name.