Missouri
English
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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /mɪˈzʊɹ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.ə/, /mə-/ (see Wikipedia)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈzʊəɹi/, /mɪˈzɔːɹi/
Audio (General American): (file) Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊəɹi
- Hyphenation: Mis‧sou‧ri
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]- The pronunciation of Missouri has been variable and debated since the 1600s. See Wikipedia for more.
Synonyms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (river): Big Muddy
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- from Missouri
- Misery
- Missouran
- Missourian
- Missourianism
- Missouri canary
- Missouri City
- Missouri currant
- Missouri evening primrose
- Missouri Fox Trotter
- Missouri French
- Missouri gooseberry
- Missouri gourd
- Missouri grape
- Missouri mule
- Missouri primrose
- Missouri Sucker
- missourite
- Missourite
- Missouri toothpick
- MO
Translations
[edit]US state
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river
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See also
[edit]| 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French Missouri, from Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Missouri m (plural Missouris)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Related terms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Missouri.
Proper noun
[edit]Missouri (genitive Missouris)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Missouri
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Declension
[edit]| 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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Derived terms
[edit]compounds
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Miami wimihsoorita.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Missouri m
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /mɪˈsuːʁi/ (spelling-based)
Audio: (file)
- IPA(key): /mɪˈsuːɹi/, /-ˈzuːʁi/, /-ˈzuːɹi/, /-ˈzœ(ː)ɹi/ (approaching English; the last form is rare)
Proper noun
[edit]Missouri n (proper noun, genitive Missouris or (optionally with an article) Missouri)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Proper noun
[edit]der Missouri m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Missouris)
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Missouri.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Missouri m
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Missouri n (indeclinable)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Proper noun
[edit]Missouri f (indeclinable)
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
Further reading
[edit]- Missouri in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Missouri.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Missouri m
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Missouri n
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
References
[edit]- “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, 2003–2024
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- en:Missouri, USA
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- ca:Missouri, USA
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- da:Missouri, USA
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- Rhymes:Finnish/isuːri
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- fi:Missouri, USA
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- de:Missouri, USA
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- pl:Missouri, USA
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- pt:Missouri, USA
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- sk:Missouri, USA
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