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Missouri

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/mɪˈzʊərɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mi zŏŏr′ē, -zŏŏr′ə)

Inflections of 'Missouri' (n):
Missouris
npl (For the Native American sense only)
Missouri
npl (Can be used as a collective plural for the Native American sense—e.g. "Missouri once inhabited these lands.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Mis•sour•i  (mi zŏŏr′ē, -zŏŏr′ə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sour•is, (esp. collectively) -sour•i for 3.
  1. Place Namesa state in the central United States. 4,917,444;
    69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Cap.: Jefferson City. Abbr.: MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
  2. Place Namesa river flowing from SW Montana into the Mississippi N of St. Louis, Mo. 2723 mi. (4382 km) long.
  3. a member of a North American Indian tribe belonging to the Siouan linguistic stock, located on the Missouri River in early historic times and now extinct as a tribe.
  4. Idioms, Informal Termsfrom Missouri, [Informal.]unwilling to accept something without proof;
    skeptical:I'm from Missouri--you'll have to show me that you're right.
Mis•sour′i•an, adj., n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Missouri /mɪˈzʊərɪ/ n
  1. a state of the central US: consists of rolling prairies in the north, the Ozark Mountains in the south, and part of the Mississippi flood plain in the southeast, with the Mississippi forming the E border; chief US producer of lead and barytes. Capital: Jefferson City. Pop: 5 704 484 (2003 est). Area: 178 699 sq km (68 995 sq miles)Abbreviation: Mo, (with zip code) MO
  2. a river in the W and central US, rising in SW Montana: flows north, east, and southeast to join the Mississippi above St Louis; the longest river in North America; chief tributary of the Mississippi. Length: 3970 km (2466 miles)
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