Missouri
English
Map of US highlighting Missouri
Etymology
From a French adaptation of Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”), a term for the inhabitants of the area around the Missouri River.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɪˈzʊɹ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.ə/, /mə-/ (see Wikipedia)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈzʊəɹi/, /mɪˈzɔːɹi/
Audio (GenAm) (file) Audio (GenAm) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊəɹi
- Hyphenation: Mis‧sou‧ri
Proper noun
Missouri
- A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City.
- The longest river in North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana and flowing roughly southeast over 2,300 miles through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, before joining the Mississippi at St. Louis.
- An indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.
- Synonym: Missouria
- (historical) A massive former territory (1812–1821) of the United States, comprising much of the Great Plains and Midwestern regions.
Usage notes
- The pronunciation of Missouri has been variable and debated since the 1600s. See Wikipedia for more.
Synonyms
- (river): Big Muddy
Derived terms
Translations
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river
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French Missouri, from Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”).
Related terms
- riu Missouri
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmis(ː)uːri/, [ˈmis̠(ː)uːri]
- IPA(key): /ˈmisːou̯ri/, [ˈmis̠ːo̞u̯ri]
Declension
| Inflection of Missouri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Missouri | — | ||
| genitive | Missourin | — | ||
| partitive | Missouria | — | ||
| illative | Missouriin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Missouri | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Missouri | — | |
| gen. | Missourin | |||
| genitive | Missourin | — | ||
| partitive | Missouria | — | ||
| inessive | Missourissa | — | ||
| elative | Missourista | — | ||
| illative | Missouriin | — | ||
| adessive | Missourilla | — | ||
| ablative | Missourilta | — | ||
| allative | Missourille | — | ||
| essive | Missourina | — | ||
| translative | Missouriksi | — | ||
| abessive | Missouritta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪˈsuːʁi/ (spelling-based)
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): /mɪˈsuːɹi/, /-ˈzuːʁi/, /-ˈzuːɹi/, /-ˈzœ(ː)ɹi/ (approaching English; the last form is rare)
Proper noun
Missouri n (proper noun, genitive Missouris or (optionally with an article) Missouri)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Proper noun
der Missouri m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Missouris)
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /misˈsu.ri/
- Rhymes: -uri
Proper noun
Missouri m
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Missouri, from a French adaptation of Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”), a term for the inhabitants of the area around the Missouri River.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈzu.ri/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uri
- Syllabification: Mi‧ssou‧ri
Further reading
- Missouri in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Proper noun
Missouri m
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
Slovak
References
- “Missouri”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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